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