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trusting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of trusting

1 having or showing trust in another

Delia couldn't look into her dog's trusting eyes as she drove him to the vet.

Synonyms of trusting

confiding, trustful

Words Related to trusting

artless, childlike, credulous, guileless, gullible (also gullable), innocent, naive (or naïve), simple, unsophisticated

dependent, hopeful, reliant

accepting, believing, certain, confident, convinced, overconfident, secure, sure, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary

Near Antonyms of trusting

disbelieving, incredulous, unbelieving, unconvinced, undecided, unpersuaded

dubious, hesitant, leery (also leary), oversuspicious, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unsure, wary

Antonyms of trusting

distrustful, doubtful, doubting, mistrustful, trustless, untrusting

2 readily taken advantage of

a corrupt stockbroker who preyed upon trusting customers

Synonyms of trusting

easy, exploitable, gullible (also gullable), naive (or naïve), susceptible, unwary, wide-eyed

Words Related to trusting

credulous, overcredulous, trustful, uncritical, unsuspecting, unsuspicious

artless, genuine, guileless, innocent, simple, unsophisticated, unworldly

malleable, pliable, pliant

acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, obliging

Near Antonyms of trusting

critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary

clear-eyed, clear-sighted, hardheaded

shrewd, street-smart, streetwise

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