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Adjective trusting has 2 senses
- trustful, trusting - inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall
- trusting - tending to trust; "she had an open and trusting nature"
Antonym: distrustful (indirect, via trustful)
Verb trust has 6 senses
- trust, swear, rely, bank - 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"
--1 is one way to believe
Antonyms: distrust, mistrust, suspect
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot trust Sue
- trust - allow without fear
--2 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
They trust him to write the letter
- believe, trust - be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war"
--3 is one way to expect, anticipate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- hope, trust, desire - expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
--4 is one way to wish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit - confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
--5 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- trust - extend credit to
--6 is one way to sell
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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