Meanings
adjectivetrustful (comparative more trustful, superlative most trustful)
comparative more trustful · superlative most trustful
- Trusting; willing to trust.
Antonyms: distrustful, suspicious
- archaicTrustworthy.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTrusting; willing to trust.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishtrustful
- Englishtrustful
From Middle English trustful, trystefull, equivalent to trust + -ful.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian доверчив
- доверчив (doverčiv)willing to trust
Dutch vertrouwensvol, vertrouwvol
- vertrouwensvolwilling to trust
- vertrouwvolwilling to trust
- vertrouwendwilling to trust
Finnish luottavainen
- luottavainenwilling to trust
French confiant
- confiantwilling to trust
Norwegian Bokmål tillitsfull
- tillitsfullwilling to trust
Polish ufny
- ufnywilling to trust
Russian дове́рчивый
- дове́рчивый (dovérčivyj)willing to trust
Spanish confiado
- confiadowilling to trust
Swedish tillitsfull
- tillitsfullwilling to trust
Ukrainian довірливий
- довірливий (dovirlyvyj)willing to trust
Cite this entry
APA
trustful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trustful
MLA
“trustful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trustful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trustful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trustful.
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