trusting

[truhs-ting]

adjective

1. inclined to trust; confiding; trustful.

   a trusting child.

   Synonyms: unwary, naive, innocent, unsuspicious

Other Word Forms

• trustingly adverb
• trustingness noun
• nontrusting adjective
• self-trusting adjective
• untrusting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of trusting¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; trust + -ing ²

Example Sentences

In his telling, discipline can be freeing—the act of showing up each day, trusting that hard work will refine both body and mind.

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It also means trusting the players you do develop, when the time comes.

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The little girl took it without hesitation and gazed up at the kind headmistress with a trusting smile.

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It’s tasting, adjusting, trusting instinct over instruction, and sometimes, to your delight, stumbling onto a combination you never imagined could be this good.

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His only sin, after all, was trusting the wrong people and following an attorney’s advice.

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