Trustful
What it means
Inclined or ready to place confidence in someone or something.
Reach for it when describing an open willingness to trust, usually before complete proof
The trustful child relaxed when the familiar teacher entered.
Words to choose between 6
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everyday
Fits when receptiveness and low defensiveness matter
Careful Openness can exist alongside careful verification.
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everyday
Fits when ready belief in another person's honesty is central
Careful Trusting is more common and can imply vulnerability or naivety.
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warm
confiding
Fits when trust is shown by sharing private thoughts
Careful Confiding concerns disclosure, not general confidence.
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formal
credulous
Fits when belief comes too easily
Careful Credulous is critical, not praise, and should mark a risky excess of trustfulness.
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formal
unsuspicious
Fits when absence of distrust is the narrow fact
Careful Unsuspicious is not necessarily positive and can imply poor caution.
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literary
Fits when lack of cynical suspicion is meant
Careful Innocent can patronize an adult and says nothing about justified trust.
Opposites 3
- distrustful
- suspicious
- wary
Common phrases 3
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trustful nature
Her trustful nature remained balanced by clear financial checks.
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trustful relationship
A trustful relationship grew from promises kept in small matters.
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open and trustful
The child seemed open and trustful once the routine became predictable.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 Updated