trust

Noun

• a trustful relationship
  • he took me into his confidence
    
  • he betrayed their trust
    

• complete confidence in a person or plan etc
  • he cherished the faith of a good woman
    
  • the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust
    

• a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
  • they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
    

• the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
  • the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity
    

• certainty based on past experience
  • he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
    
  • he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun
    

• something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
  • he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father
    

Verb

• extend credit to; I won't pay her debts anymore"
  • don't trust my ex-wife
    

• confer a trust upon
  • The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
    
  • I commit my soul to God
    

• expect and wish
  • I trust you will behave better from now on
    
  • I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
    

• be confident about something
  • I believe that he will come back from the war
    

• allow without fear

• have confidence or faith in
  • We can trust in God
    
  • Rely on your friends
    
  • bank on your good education
    
  • I swear by my grandmother's recipes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  confidence , faith , corporate trust , combine , cartel , trustingness , trustfulness , reliance , entrust , intrust , confide , commit , hope , desire , believe , swear , rely , bank
• Antonyms: 
  distrust , distrustfulness , mistrust , suspect