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trust

[truhst] / trʌst /








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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.

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NHS England said any instance of staff looking at records without a valid reason would be "wholly unacceptable, a disgraceful breach of patients' trust and against the law".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Love quickly gained the trust of dozens of women, allegedly convincing them to give him large sums of money.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

“People trust you, and they trust in our victory.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

But we do have to trust the programs and platforms on which they appear enough to invite those characters into our homes time and again.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018

Maggie liked spending time with Elisha but didn’t trust him.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“This case is not about the far larger Reiner family trusts, which hold the assets of Nick’s parents’ estate and the inheritances they left their children,” his attorneys argued in the motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

During the eight-month pilot at the seven trusts, 69 calls were made to dedicated Martha's Rule phone numbers, including some calls relating to acute deterioration following an urgent clinical review.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Tax Court, disputing the agency’s claim that they made missteps with grantor-retained annuity trusts, or GRATs, which they used to shift money to their three daughters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Back home, he said, nobody trusts the local currency, but citizens are required by law to use it anyway.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

If he trusts me, maybe that makes me trustworthy.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Ellison, in a New York Times op-ed, said the states’ lawsuit wasn’t really about antitrust at all, but about whether he could be trusted with CNN.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ross proposed that they should also be trusted to develop local arrangements for "community empowerment".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But most importantly, the chief of staff should be the president’s most trusted adviser, willing to provide an honest assessment and opinion on all the important issues that reach the Resolute Desk.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

In the 1970s, Ryan said, “There were fewer journalists and they were better and more trusted, and if Walter Cronkite said something, you believed it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

They were puzzled, but I trusted in my instincts as they tried to persuade me.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

“He’s really letting the ball fly and trusting us, and we’re making good catches,” Cordero said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

It’s about being willing to hear what the body is communicating and trusting what it has to say.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Junior candidates, she said, need to show hands-on capability earlier, including cloud and identity basics, AI fluency and the ability to validate automated outputs instead of simply trusting them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Kate O'Flynn thanked Widow's Bay producers for "trusting this Lancashire lass"

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

I guess I gotta work on it, like I’ve gotta work on trusting that I won’t lose her again.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas




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