ENTRUSTED Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

entrusted

verb

variants also intrusted

past tense of entrust

as in tasked

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings

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as in handed

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation

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Recent Examples of entrusted Perhaps the most salient thing about the Manhattan Project, however, was that it was not entrusted to the private sector. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 20 May 2026 Principle entrusted the track to his friend Louie Gomez, who remixed it and passed it to DJ Frankie Knuckles. —

Eric Henderson, CBS News, 14 May 2026 Millions of Americans were dying, including two of my best friends and many of the elders who had bravely entrusted their stories to me. —

Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 8 May 2026 James Snoddy, a pre-law student from Flower Mound, questioned how a chancellor and a governing board that isn't made up of educators can be entrusted with the responsibility of determining what can and cannot be taught in the classroom. —

Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 May 2026 Thorne also entrusted Munden, a frequent collaborator, to interpret the script his own way. —

Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026 Stepping into the role as starting quarterback at Jones, the Class 4A state runner-up, will be Peyton Carroll (6-foot-2, 185 pounds), a sophomore who saw limited time a year ago, but a player with whom Jones coaches have entrusted the role of QB1. —

Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026 Those entrusted with public office must lead responsibly and choose language that brings us together instead of ripping us apart. —

The Editorial Board, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026 That is not too much to ask of students, our teachers, or the institutions entrusted with launching us into our careers as physicians, researchers, and healers. —

Uzma Rentia, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026

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Initially, when Djena got to the States, she was tasked with taking care of Denise and Mohamed’s youngest child, Timou, who was not yet two years old.

— Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Armed with a forestry degree from Yale, Leopold was tasked with running a program to eradicate wolves and mountain lions in New Mexico and Arizona.

— Mark VanderSchaaf, Twin Cities, 18 May 2026