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Trusting - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | trusting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trustful |
| Synonyms: | believing, credulous, gullible, innocent, naive, unsuspecting, confiding, undoubting, unquestioning, unsuspicious |
| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, place confidence in |
| Synonyms: | accredit, assume, bank on, count on, expect, hope, imagine, presume, suppose, surmise, swear by, take, be convinced, bet bottom dollar on, bet on, build on, calculate on, confide in, depend on, gamble on, have faith in, lay money on, lean on, look to, place confidence in, place trust in, reckon on, rely upon, take at face value, think likely |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust, mistrust |
| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give to for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | advance, aid, assign, command, commission, commit, confer, confide, consign, delegate, entrust, grant, lend, let, loan, patronize, store, transfer, turn over, give over, let out, make trustee, put into hands of, sign over |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | childlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innocent, naive |
| Synonyms: | artless, childish, credulous, guileless, immature, ingenuous, natural, simple, spontaneous, trusting, unaffected, unfeigned, trustful |
| Notes: | childlike refers to a person's temperament, whereas childish refers to a person's behavior |
| Antonyms: | complicated, untrusting |
| Main Entry: | credulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gullible, naive |
| Synonyms: | believing, born yesterday, easy mark*, green, simple, trusting, uncritical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unwary, accepting, dupable, falling for, overtrusting, swallow whole, taken in, trustful, unquestioning, unsuspicious |
| Antonyms: | skeptical, suspicious, suspecting, untrusting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ingenuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest, trustful |
| Synonyms: | artless, candid, childlike, frank, green*, guileless, innocent, naive, natural, open, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, square, straightforward, trusting, unaffected, unreserved, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front, like a babe in the woods, unartful, unartificial, undisguised |
| Antonyms: | deceitful, dishonest, sly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | optimistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believing positively |
| Synonyms: | Utopian, assured, bright, buoyant, cheerful, cheering, confident, encouraged, expectant, happy, high, hopeful, hoping, idealistic, merry, on cloud nine*, positive, promising, rosy, sanguine, sunny*, trusting, upbeat, keeping the faith, on top of world, ray of sunshine, rose-colored |
| Antonyms: | dejected, depressed, doubtful, gloomy, hopeless, pessimistic, sorrowful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsuspecting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gullible |
| Synonyms: | credulous, easy, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, naive, simple, swallowing, trusting, unconscious, unwary, confiding, off guard, taken in, trustful, undoubting, unsuspicious, unwarned |
| Antonyms: | conscious, expecting, knowing, realizing, suspecting |
| Main Entry: | hoping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believing |
| Synonyms: | assuming, expecting, trusting, wishing, anticipating, looking forward |
| Main Entry: | confident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, assured |
| Synonyms: | bold, brave, cocksure, convinced, courageous, dauntless, depending on, expectant, expecting, fearless, high*, hopeful, intrepid, positive, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, self-sufficient, sure, trusting, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat, uppity*, valiant, bet on, counting on, having faith in, puffed up, racked |
| Antonyms: | uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | optimistic, expectant |
| Synonyms: | assured, blithe, buoyant, calm, cheerful, comfortable, confident, content, eager, elated, enthusiastic, expecting, faithful, high, hoping, lighthearted, rosy*, sanguine, satisfied, serene, trusting, unflagging, upbeat, anticipating, anticipative, at ease, emboldened, forward-looking, inspirited, keeping the faith, looking forward to, reassured, rose-colored, trustful |
| Antonyms: | despairing, despondent, discouraged, fearful, gloomy, hopeless, low, pessimistic, sad |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dependent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contingent, determined by |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, conditional, reckoning, relative, subject to, subordinate, subservient, susceptible, trusting, accessory to, appurtenant, controlled by, counting, depending, incidental to, liable to, provisory, regulated by, reliant, relying, sustained by, under control of |
| Antonyms: | free, independent |
| Main Entry: | natural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open, unaffected |
| Synonyms: | artless, candid, childlike, credulous, direct, easy, folksy, forthright, frank, genuine, homey*, ignorant, impulsive, ingenuous, innocent, instinctive, laid-back*, naive, plain, primitive, provincial, real, rustic, simple, sincere, spontaneous, straightforward, trusting, unfeigned, unpolished, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly, being oneself, inartificial, simplehearted, unassumed, uncontrived, undesigning, unembarrassed, unforced, unlabored, up-front |
| Antonyms: | affected, artificial, pretended, unnatural |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unworldly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sophisticated; inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | artless, clean, country, folksy*, green*, idealistic, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, raw*, simple, trusting, unaffected, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, babe in woods, corn-fed, unartificial, uncool, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | cultured, experienced, refined, sophisticated, worldly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | easy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tolerant, permissive |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, amenable, benign, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, condoning, easygoing, flexible, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, gullible, indulgent, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, light, merciful, mild, moderate, naive, soft, submissive, susceptible, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, trusting, biddable, deceivable, deludable, dupable, excusing, exploitable, fleeceable, humoring, mollycoddling, pampering, pardoning, spoiling, unburdensome, unoppressive, unsuspicious |
| Antonyms: | difficult, impossible, intolerant, strict, onery, unpermissive |
| Main Entry: | simple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childlike, innocent |
| Synonyms: | amateur, artless, bald, basic, childish, direct, frank, green, guileless, honest, ingenuous, naive, naked, natural, plain, sincere, square, stark, trusting, unaffected, undeniable, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unvarnished, unartificial, unexperienced |
| Antonyms: | mature, older, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe the goodness, realness of something |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, affirm, approve, buy*, countenance, fancy, favor, go for*, hold, like, recognize, relish, swallow*, trust, approbate, hold with, take as gospel truth, take stock in |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dispute, reject, renounce, repudiate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bank on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend upon |
| Synonyms: | assume, count on, stake, trust, venture, wager, be sure about, believe in, bet on, build on, gamble on, lean on, look to, reckon on, rely on |
| Main Entry: | believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trust, rely on |
| Synonyms: | accept, accredit, admit, affirm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, be credulous, be of the opinion, buy*, conceive, conclude, consider, count on, credit, deem, fall for*, give credence to, have, have faith in, have no doubt, hold, keep the faith, lap up, place confidence in, posit, postulate, presume true, presuppose, reckon on, regard, rest assured, suppose, swallow*, swear by, take as gospel, take at one's word, take for granted, take it, think, trust, understand |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gamble |
| Synonyms: | ante, chance, dice, game, hazard, pledge, put, risk, set, speculate, trust, venture, wager, buy in on, lay down, lay odds, play against, play for, play the ponies, pony up, put money on, tempt fortune, toss up |
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