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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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“The fear of not knowing who someone is, the fear of not knowing who to trust, and the fear of danger hiding in plain sight,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

In July 2025, the trust submitted revised proposals for the new emergency department at Altnagelvin to the Department of Health.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

A lifetime or beneficiary-controlled trust living trust is effective for wealthy individuals with spouses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Frankly, that might be what is required of our think tank executives in 2026, in an era of mass disinformation and flatlining public trust.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

‘If I did that,’ yelled Torak, ‘he’d never trust me again!’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The guidance also says staff facilities should be used by people based on their biological sex, while trusts should ensure enough alternatives to single-sex facilities, such as single-occupancy toilets, are offered.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Consider separate trusts for each of your sons.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

The giant property stocks, real-estate investment trusts that own hundreds of thousands of apartments and single-family homes across the country, have been plunging for months.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Harry said day-to-day responsibility for following the guidance sat with individual trusts rather than NHS England.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Massa trusts him, and”—she lowered her voice to a whisper—“word is that Miz Isabelle done taught him how to read! He—” Suddenly, Lena cleared her throat and snapped to attention.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

Those monologues aren’t on cue cards; the comedians are trusted to do their thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Richard Nixon famously fired his trusted aides H.R.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

"The markets knew the state of public finances but they trusted a stable political system, which is now no longer the case," said Andrzej Szczepaniak, chief economist at Nomura in London.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Manthey has been a trusted Porsche partner for many years, firmly rooted in the motorsport community and with a loyal customer base,” Porsche Chief Executive Michael Leiters said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was that I had been brought to Souilly because I could be trusted.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

"Once the public has stopped trusting you, it's kind of a downward spiral," says associate professor Alison Taylor of New York University's Stern School of Business.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

That Musk is considering working with another chip manufacturer could be viewed by investors “as a lack of confidence in trusting the future of his important endeavor to Intel alone,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

In an age of short stints on the mound, the franchise hopes that trusting its starters to go long can lead them to a first championship since 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Travel, she said, requires trusting yourself and trusting the journey.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Yet Maggie, Kate, and Leah’s “whole deportment exhibited … frankness and sincerity …” Greeley found himself trusting these sisters.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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