| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, place confidence in |
Synonyms: |
accredit, assume, bank on, be convinced, bet bottom dollar on, bet on, build on, calculate on, confide in, count on, depend on, expect, gamble on, have faith in, hope, imagine, lay money on, lean on, look to, place confidence in, place trust in, presume, reckon on, rely upon, suppose, surmise, swear by, take, 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, give over, grant, lend, let, let out, loan, make trustee, patronize, put into hands of, sign over, store, transfer, turn over |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | trusting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trustful |
Synonyms: |
believing, confiding, credulous, gullible, innocent, naive, undoubting, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unsuspicious |
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe the goodness, realness of something |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, affirm, approbate, approve, buy*, countenance, fancy, favor, go for, hold, hold with, like, recognize, relish, swallow*, take as gospel truth, take stock in, trust |
| Notes: | accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out' |
Antonyms: |
disagree, dispute, reject, renounce, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | bank on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend upon |
Synonyms: |
assume, be sure about, believe in, bet on, build on, count on, gamble on, lean on, look to, reckon on, rely on, stake, trust, venture, wager |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gamble |
Synonyms: |
ante, buy in on, chance, dice, game, hazard, lay down, lay odds, play against, play for, play the ponies, pledge, pony up, put, put money on, risk, set, speculate, tempt fortune, toss up, trust, venture, wager |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan on |
Synonyms: |
aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, depend on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, rely on, suppose, think likely, trust |
| Main Entry: | childlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innocent, naive |
Synonyms: |
artless, childish, credulous, guileless, immature, ingenuous, natural, simple, spontaneous, trustful, trusting, unaffected, unfeigned |
Antonyms: |
complicated, untrusting |
| Main Entry: | commend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hand over with confidence |
Synonyms: |
assign, commit, confer, confide, consign, deliver, entrust, proffer, relegate, resign, tender, trust, turn over, yield |
Antonyms: |
deny, keep, refuse |