Synonyms for distrustful
- adjective
Most common
jealous suspicious mistrustful untrusting uncertain cynical wary doubtful
All synonyms
Adjective
mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, jealous, wary, skeptical US, sceptical UK, cynical, uncertain, doubtful, questioning, doubting, leary, green-eyed
Definitions
- adj. 1
Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.
Related words
- Word family
- distrustfully distrustfulness
Example sentences
- jealous Tom is just jealous that we're having so much fun.
- suspicious A policeman was gazing at a suspicious pedestrian.
- mistrustful I'm not mistrustful; I'm simply cautious.
- uncertain Tom told me that he's uncertain what he should do.
- cynical You don't seem to be as cynical as Tom seems to be.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| distrustful | rising | |
| jealous | rising | |
| suspicious | rising | |
| mistrustful | rising | |
| untrusting | rising | |
| uncertain | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- wary2
- 5 letters
- leary2
- 7 letters
- jealous2, cynical3
- 8 letters
- doubtful2, doubting2
- 9 letters
- uncertain3, skeptical3, sceptical
- 10 letters
- suspicious3, untrusting
- 11 letters
- questioning3, mistrustful3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wary2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- suspicieux