trusting [truhs-ting]
Main Entry:
trust [truhst]
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: 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
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