Meanings
- not comparablelawRelating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
a fiduciary duty
1 more example
a fiduciary contract
- not comparablePertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
Indeed, currency would be more effective for not being gold and silver but fiduciary paper money.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 63 - nonstandardnot comparableAccepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.
plural fiduciaries
- lawOne who holds something in trust for another.
“We focus on sustainability not because we’re environmentalists, but because we are capitalists and fiduciaries to our clients,” Mr. Fink wrote.
2022 January 18, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Michael J. de la Merced, quoting Larry Fink, “It’s Not ‘Woke’ for Businesses to Think Beyond Profit, BlackRock Chief Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: trustee
- lifestyleOne who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who holds something in trust for another.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverelating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfīdūciārius“held in trust”
- Englishfiduciary
From Latin fīdūciārius (“held in trust”), from fīdūcia (“trust”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian доверен, опекун
- доверен (doveren)related to trusts and trustees
- опекун (opekun)trustee
- попечител (popečitel)trustee
Catalan fiducial, fiduciari
- fiducialrelated to trusts and trustees
- fiduciarirelated to trusts and trustees
- fiduciaritrustee
Chinese Mandarin 受託人 /受托人, 受託者 /受托者
- 受託人 /受托人 (shòutuōrén)trustee
- 受託者 /受托者 (shòutuōzhě)trustee
Dutch fiduciair, gemachtigde
- fiduciairrelated to trusts and trustees
- gemachtigdetrustee
- mandataristrustee
- curatortrustee
Finnish luottamus-, luottamukseen perustuva
- luottamus-related to trusts and trustees
- luottamukseen perustuvarelated to trusts and trustees
- luottamuksenvarainenrelated to trusts and trustees
- luottamuksellinenrelated to trusts and trustees
- uskottu miestrustee
French fiduciaire, mandataire
- fiduciairerelated to trusts and trustees
- mandatairetrustee
- chargé de pouvoirstrustee
- curateurtrustee
German treuhänderisch, fiduziarisch
- treuhänderischrelated to trusts and trustees
- fiduziarischrelated to trusts and trustees
- Treuhändertrustee
Indonesian fidusier, fidusier
- fidusierrelated to trusts and trustees
- fidusiertrustee
Italian fiduciale, mandatario
- fiducialerelated to trusts and trustees
- mandatariotrustee
Persian امانت
- امانتrelated to trusts and trustees
Polish fiducjarny, powierniczy
- fiducjarnyrelated to trusts and trustees
- powierniczyrelated to trusts and trustees
Portuguese fiduciário
- fiduciáriorelated to trusts and trustees
Russian дове́ренный, фидуциа́рный
- дове́ренный (dovérennyj)related to trusts and trustees
- фидуциа́рный (fiduciárnyj)related to trusts and trustees
- опеку́н (opekún)trustee
- опеку́нша (opekúnša)trustee
- попечи́тель (popečítelʹ)trustee
- попечи́тельница (popečítelʹnica)trustee
- дове́ренное лицо́ (dovérennoje licó)trustee
- фидуциа́рий (fiduciárij)trustee
Spanish fiduciario, fiduciario
- fiduciariorelated to trusts and trustees
- fiduciariotrustee
- fiduciariatrustee
- mandatariotrustee
- apoderadotrustee
- procuradortrustee
- representantetrustee
- curadortrustee
Cite this entry
fiduciary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiduciary
“fiduciary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiduciary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fiduciary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiduciary.
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