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trust

[truhst] / trʌst /








Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for trust?
There may not be a substitute for trust in life, but there are a few different terms that can sometimes be used to replace the word. Trust is a form of confidence. Saying that you have trust in someone is often the same as saying you have confidence in them or that you place your hope or faith in them. Trust is often a firm belief that someone or something won’t let you down. Trust is also a verb meaning to have such confidence. To trust someone in this way is often to rely on, count on, depend on, or even believe in them. Having someone you can trust is having someone you can turn to. When two people trust each other, they can be said to have a mutual trust. The word trustworthiness is the noun form of the adjective trustworthy, which describes someone who has earned your trust. Someone who has trust in someone else can be described as trusting. Sometimes, this can imply that the person trusts others too easily. A similar (but less common) word is trustful. As a verb, trust can also mean something like presume, as in I trust we won’t have any problems here.
What is another word for a lack of trust?
A lack of trust is the absence of trust. Saying that there is a lack of trust may mean that there is no trust at all or that someone or something falls short of full trust. The opposite of trust is distrust. (The word mistrust often means the same thing but is less commonly used.) You may have doubts, misgivings, suspicions, or skepticism about someone or something that you distrust.

Example Sentences

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Your other option, given that the sum is $10 million, is to set up an irrevocable trust that manages distributions.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

She says she had been tasked with serving mashed potatoes and grapes to an African gray parrot who had its own trust fund.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

And violations of public trust are typically judged quite harshly.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

"They've got to come to terms with the lack of trust in Britain," royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

“Andre, trust me. I’ve been online today. Mom is all over Twitter. There will be newspaper headlines tomorrow.”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The charity estimates there around 5,000 people living with FND in Northern Ireland but they have struggled to obtain specific figures as Northern Ireland's health trusts do not record FND as a primary condition.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

A spokesperson for the Department of Health said it continued to work closely with health trusts to assess how surgery, both elective surgery and EGS, could be delivered safely and sustainably at Causeway Hospital.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Meanwhile, if you really feel a need to have some real-estate exposure in your portfolio, you can always buy stock in residential real-estate investment trusts, or REITs, which own properties.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

He trusts his faith and his mother, who has raised him as a single parent.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Especially when Alyssa trusts him a whole lot more than she trusts me.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

“Military families and service members have trusted us to share their experience with the world,” she said.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

I’d also make sure there was a corporate trustee or a truly trusted friend involved, because I wouldn’t trust my daughter to manage a large inheritance herself.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Asked at the 2018 Singapore summit if he trusted Mr. Kim, Mr. Trump responded, “I do.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Councilmember Bob Blumenfield voted in support of the measure, saying that he believed 41.18 to be an effective tool against homelessness, but that he trusted Soto-Martínez’s discretion to remove them within his own district.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The boy hadn’t trusted him at first —social workers, in his experience, said all kinds of things—but had grown to believe him.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

“My thoughts were a blur, but I’d spent my life trusting that others had my best interests at heart,” she wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

They ran on these values, trusting unions and activists to back them at the ballot box.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

"I feel like a fool for trusting the Korean stock market," he says.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Then it’s up to their coach to talk them into dismissing the algorithm they’ve spent the past few months trusting.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

It’s like he wants to be trusted—as if the very act of trusting him will suddenly make him worthy of it.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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