TRUSTED Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

trusted

verb

Definition of trusted next

past tense of trust

as in entrusted

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to trusted the eldest child with walking the dog every morning

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as in handed

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another I wouldn't trust my wallet with a complete stranger if I were you

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as in believed

to regard as right or true don't trust everything you read in the newspaper

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Recent Examples of trusted Still, Wicky trusted them to work to get the job done. —

Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2026 The pained-looking expressions on the faces and a gloss of eerie motion smoothing communicate the central thesis that Altman can’t be trusted. —

Cath Virginia, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2026 Dahl’s books are fanciful and imaginative, but also dark, cynical, and mean (and, unfortunately, often reflected his real-life ugliness), spinning stories in which gruesome and unpleasant fates befell rotten kids, and adults were frequently selfish, cruel, and not to be trusted. —

Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026 Angela had an inbuilt knowledge of what the Queen should look like from the outset, and the Queen trusted her. —

Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026 Alon Chen, founder and CEO of Tastewise—a generative AI platform trusted by PepsiCo, Nestlé, and Mars—is actively looking for Gen Zers with zero experience and no degree required. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026 He is helped on his quest by bartender Natalie (Moss) and a man named Teddy (Pantoliano)—but can Teddy be trusted? —

ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026 But to those who oppose the close relationship between the United States and Israel, the incident was not an accident from half a century ago but evidence that Israel can’t be trusted. —

Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 Its founder and one-man operator, Jack Kavanagh, is trusted for his unvarnished, unbiased presentation. —

Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026

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For Terry, there’s a deep pride in the endowment that’s been entrusted to her care.

— Brian McCollum, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
But really, this just comes at the expense of the mission that we've been entrusted to perform, on behalf of the American taxpayers — and really, the space-loving community from all across the world.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026