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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.

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Still, our reporting details how he ultimately lost the trust of CEO Jamie Dimon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

“Chris Nolan has earned the audience’s trust and respect.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

"I don't think that we lost the trust. I don't think I lost the trust," he said on Saturday night.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

NBC says its research shows that 94% of “Today” viewers trust the product recommendations made on the program.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Nim loved the ocean because it was always there, wherever she looked and as far as she could see, but it was too huge and powerful to understand and too dangerous to trust.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

“It authorizes only a sharply limited inquiry of candidate qualifications, demands nothing of their motivations, and trusts that ‘Alaska voters are not easily fooled.’”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

It will start with hospital appointments not requiring an overnight stay at four NHS trusts in and around London – St George's, Epsom and St Helier, Croydon, and Kingston and Richmond.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

And the charts, and history, suggest the win streak will remain alive as real-estate investment trusts look poised to have a banner month.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

He trusts in telling fast, funny, anarchic stories that reward close attention — an ancient formula that feels new simply because not that many others are doing it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

They let me put my hair up but made a lot of fuss over how to fix it, because no one trusts me with hairpins.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

A White House spokeswoman said Bisignano “is a trusted and talented member of the President’s team who is doing an incredible job.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

A June 2026 poll from the Kyiv Institute of Sociology said Fedorov ranked among the country's most trusted public figures.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

If your mother had a trusted individual carrying out duties of power of attorney, those duties expire at the moment of her death.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

"But if it's a curfew that prevents a child in need of support or help or comfort reaching out to trusted sources in the middle of the night, I think that's quite harmful potentially."

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

“I am actually protesting to my counterparties that there must be fraud in the marketplace for credit default swaps to be at all-time lows,” Burry wrote in an e-mail to an investor he trusted.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“They all rely on trusting other people’s judgment.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

"Professor Heremans always stressed the importance of trusting the data first and letting the theory follow."

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

“I think just trusting myself, trusting that my groundstrokes are good enough to be with anyone on this surface.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Her "only mistake" was trusting Hellmich, Campbell told the tribunal on Tuesday.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Georgie relaxed, more trusting than I’d expected, considering I hadn’t been the best caretaker lately.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn




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