trusting

American  

[truhs-ting] / ˈtrʌs tɪŋ /

adjective

1. inclined to trust; confiding; trustful.

   a trusting child.

   Synonyms:

   unwary, naive, innocent, unsuspicious

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of trusting

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

Example Sentences

Younger Nepalis have been frustrated by the lack of opportunities and are trusting the RSP to grow the economy.

From BBC

Tom Pollard, head of policy and campaigns at the mental health charity Mind, said any move towards an alternative system needed to be "approached with caution" and "built around trusting and compassionate relationships".

From BBC

"It's very important. That's what we showed on Tuesday," Wiegman told her media conference on Friday on the importance of trusting that the goals will come against Iceland.

From BBC

All such privileges, he noted, “require, among other things, ‘a trusting human relationship,’” say between a client and a licensed professional subject to ethical rules and duties.

From Los Angeles Times

She thinks the best way to climb the rankings is by trusting her natural instincts - irrespective of who is in the coaching box.

From BBC