Synonyms for trust
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Confidence
confidence, faith, belief, assurance, credit, credence, dependence
2. Hope
4. Trustingness
trustingness rare, trustfulness rare
Other
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
a relationship built on mutual trust
- n. 2
Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- v. 1
To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.
- v. 2
To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
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Assurance may have the good sense of a high, sustained confidence and trust; as, the saint's assurance of heaven.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- faith All the members but me have faith in what he says.
- confidence Tom said he didn't have the confidence to do that.
- belief She helped him in the belief that he was innocent.
- assurance For quality assurance, this call may be recorded.
- hope I hope he'll be able to come! I'd like to see him.
- expectation Sorry to say, that expectation was ill-founded.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| trust | rising | |
| faith | rising | |
| confidence | steady | |
| belief | rising | |
| assurance | falling | |
| hope | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hope1, tick1
- 5 letters
- faith1
- 6 letters
- office2, credit2, expect2, charge1, desire3, belief2, commit2, cartel2, errand2, charre
- 7 letters
- believe2, mission2, combine2, entrust2, confide2
- 8 letters
- prospect2, reliance3, credence2
- 9 letters
- assurance3
- 10 letters
- commission3, confidence3, dependence3
- 11 letters
- expectation4
- 12 letters
- trustingness, trustfulness
- 14 letters
- responsibility6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (office2 = 2 syllables).