1. Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
   "great brown eye, true and trusting";
   - trustful

1. Have confidence or faith in
   "We can trust in our government"
    
2. Be confident about something
   "I trust that he will come back from the war";
   - believe
    
3. Allow without fear
   "I trust you with my life"; "The parents trusted their children to behave well"
    
4. Expect and wish
   "I trust you will behave better from now on";
   - hope, desire
    
5. Confer a trust upon
   "The messenger was trusted with the general's secret";
   - entrust, intrust [archaic], confide, commit
    
6. [archaic] (chiefly archaic) extend credit to
   "don't trust my ex-wife: I won't pay her debts anymore"

See also: confiding, credulous, unsuspecting, unsuspicious

Type of: allow, anticipate, await, believe, countenance, expect, give, hand, lend, let, loan, look, pass, pass on, permit, reach, turn over, wait

Antonym: mistrust

Encyclopedia: Trusting