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trusting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of trusting

1 having or showing trust in another

Delia couldnʼt look into her dogʼs 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

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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