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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 for his vaccinations

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

dewy-eyed, 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

fictile, malleable, pliable, pliant

deceivable

acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, obliging

yielding

Near Antonyms of trusting

critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary

sophisticated

clear-eyed, clear-sighted, hardheaded

shrewd, street-smart, streetwise

trusting

verb , present participle of trust

Synonyms and Antonyms of trusting

1 to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

trusted the eldest child with walking the dog every morning

Synonyms of trusting

assigning, charging, commissioning, entrusting (also intrusting), tasking

Words Related to trusting

conferring, imposing

committing, confiding, consigning, delegating, recommending, relegating, reposing

allocating, allotting

authorizing, empowering, investing

2 to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

I wouldn't trust my wallet with a complete stranger if I were you

Synonyms of trusting

commending, committing, confiding, consigning, delegating, delivering, entrusting (also intrusting), giving, giving over, handing, handing over, leaving, passing, recommending, reposing, transferring, transmitting, turning over, vesting

Words Related to trusting

conferring, granting

assigning, dealing (out), dispensing, dispersing, distributing, dividing

handing in, releasing, relinquishing, submitting, surrendering, turning in, yielding

bequeathing, handing down, handing on, willing

advancing, lending, loaning

furnishing, supplying

recommitting, redelivering, retransferring, retransmitting

Near Antonyms of trusting

detaining, holding back, reserving, withholding

owning, possessing

accepting, receiving, taking in

occupying, taking, taking over

Antonyms of trusting

holding, keeping, retaining

3 to regard as right or true

don't trust everything you read in the newspaper

Synonyms of trusting

accepting, believing, buying, crediting, swallowing, taking

Words Related to trusting

accounting, accrediting, understanding

assuming, presuming, supposing

concluding, deducing, inferring

Phrases Synonymous with trusting

setting store by (or setting store on)

Near Antonyms of trusting

distrusting, doubting, misdoubting, mistrusting, questioning, suspecting

challenging, disputing

Antonyms of trusting

disbelieving, discrediting, rejecting

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