Trust
/trʊst/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:5 ptsWWF:6 pts5 letters
Definition of Trust
noun
- Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
"He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back."
- Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
"I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust."
- That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
- That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
verb
- To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.
"We cannot trust anyone who deceives us."
- To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
"I trust you have cleaned your room?"
- To show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
- To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
Anagrams of Trust
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Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
beliefconfidenceexpectationfaithhope
ANTONYMS
distrustmistrustuntrustwantrust