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trusting

Main Entry:
trusting [truhs-ting]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: trustful
Synonyms: believing, confiding, credulous, gullible, innocent, naive, undoubting, unquestioning, unsuspecting, unsuspicious
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: childlike
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: innocent, naive
Synonyms: artless, childish, credulous, guileless, immature, ingenuous, natural, simple, spontaneous, trustful, trusting, unaffected, unfeigned
Notes: childlike refers to a person's temperament, whereas childish refers to a person's behavior
Antonyms: complicated, untrusting
Main Entry: confident
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: certain, assured
Synonyms: bet on, bold, brave, cocksure, convinced, counting on, courageous, dauntless, depending on, expectant, expecting, fearless, having faith in, high*, hopeful, intrepid, positive, presuming, presumptuous, puffed up, pushy, racked, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, self-sufficient, sure, trusting, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat, uppity, valiant
Antonyms: uncertain, unsure
Main Entry: credulous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: gullible, naive
Synonyms: accepting, believing, born yesterday, dupable, easy mark, falling for, green, overtrusting, simple, swallow whole, taken in, trustful, trusting, uncritical, unquestioning, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary
Notes: credible means 'believable' and credulous means 'gullible'
Antonyms: skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, untrusting
Main Entry: dependent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: contingent, determined by
Synonyms: accessory to, ancillary, appurtenant, conditional, controlled by, counting, depending, incidental to, liable to, provisory, reckoning, regulated by, relative, reliant, relying, subject to, subordinate, subservient, susceptible, sustained by, trusting, under control of
Antonyms: free, independent
Main Entry: easy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tolerant, permissive
Synonyms: accommodating, amenable, benign, biddable, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, condoning, deceivable, deludable, dupable, easygoing, excusing, exploitable, fleeceable, flexible, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, gullible, humoring, indulgent, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, light, merciful, mild, moderate, mollycoddling, naive, pampering, pardoning, soft, spoiling, submissive, susceptible, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, trusting, unburdensome, unoppressive, unsuspicious
Antonyms: difficult, impossible, intolerant, onery, strict, unpermissive
Main Entry: hopeful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: optimistic, expectant
Synonyms: anticipating, anticipative, assured, at ease, blithe, buoyant, calm, cheerful, comfortable, confident, content, eager, elated, emboldened, enthusiastic, expecting, faithful, forward-looking, high, hoping, inspirited, keeping the faith, lighthearted, looking forward to, reassured, rose-colored, rosy, sanguine, satisfied, serene, trustful, trusting, unflagging, upbeat
Notes: hopeful means having or inspiring hope; optimistic means expecting the best
Antonyms: despairing, despondent, discouraged, fearful, gloomy, hopeless, low, pessimistic, sad
Main Entry: ingenuous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: honest, trustful
Synonyms: artless, candid, childlike, frank, green*, guileless, innocent, like a babe in the woods, naive, natural, open, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, square, straightforward, trusting, unaffected, unartful, unartificial, undisguised, unreserved, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front
Notes: ingenious is 'clever, brilliant'; ingenuous is 'frank, candid' or 'naïve'
ingenuous means 'naïve, easily deceived, unsuspecting; foolish' - and disingenuous means 'calculating, deceptive'
Antonyms: deceitful, dishonest, sly
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