Meanings
comparative more trustworthy · comparative uncommon trustworthier · superlative most trustworthy · superlative uncommon trustworthiest
- Deserving of trust, reliable.
The storage of cryptographic secrets is one of the paramount requirements in building trustworthy systems.
2014, Thomas Feller, Trustworthy Reconfigurable SystemsSynonyms: believable, convincing, credible, dependable, ethical, honest, honorable, kosher · Antonyms: untrustworthy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDeserving of trust, reliable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveworthy of trust or belief
adjectivetaking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀξιόπιστος, πιστός
- ἀξιόπιστος (axiópistos)reliable
- πιστός (pistós)reliable
Arabic ثِقَة
- ثِقَة (ṯiqa)reliable
Bulgarian благонадежден, надежден
- благонадежден (blagonadežden)reliable
- надежден (nadežden)reliable
- достоверен (dostoveren)reliable
Catalan fidedigne, fiable
- fidedignereliable
- fiablereliable
Chinese Mandarin 可信, 可靠
- 可信 (kěxìn)reliable
- 可靠 (kěkào)reliable
Czech důvěryhodný
- důvěryhodnýreliable
Danish troværdig
- troværdigreliable
Dutch betrouwbaar
- betrouwbaarreliable
Esperanto fidinda
- fidindareliable
Finnish luotettava, luottamuksen arvoinen
- luotettavareliable
- luottamuksen arvoinenreliable
French de confiance, digne de confiance
- de confiancereliable
- digne de confiancereliable
- digne de foireliable
- fiablereliable
German vertrauenswürdig, glaubwürdig
- vertrauenswürdigreliable
- glaubwürdigreliable
Greek αξιόπιστος
- αξιόπιστος (axiópistos)reliable
Hindi निष्ठावान
- निष्ठावान (niṣṭhāvān)reliable
Hungarian megbízható
- megbízhatóreliable
Irish barántúil
- barántúilreliable
Italian affidabile, attendibile
- affidabilereliable
- attendibilereliable
- credibilereliable
- fidatoreliable
Japanese 頼もしい, 信頼できる
- 頼もしい (tanomoshii)reliable
- 信頼できる (shinrai dekiru)reliable
- 着実 (chakujitsu)reliable
Latin fīdus
- fīdusreliable
Māori horopū
- horopūreliable
Norwegian pålitelig, til å stole på
- påliteligreliable
- til å stole påreliable
Norwegian Bokmål troverdig
- troverdigreliable
Polish spolegliwy
- spolegliwyreliable
Portuguese confiável
- confiávelreliable
Romanian sigur, demn de încredere
- sigurreliable
- demn de încrederereliable
Russian надёжный, благонадёжный
- надёжный (nadjóžnyj)reliable
- благонадёжный (blagonadjóžnyj)reliable
- достове́рный (dostovérnyj)reliable
- ве́рный (vérnyj)reliable
Scottish Gaelic earbsach
- earbsachreliable
Spanish fidedigno, de confianza
- fidedignoreliable
- de confianzareliable
- confiablereliable
- de fiarreliable
- fehacientereliable
Swedish pålitlig, trovärdig
- pålitligreliable
- trovärdigreliable
Tagalog mapagkakatiwalaan, maaasahan
- mapagkakatiwalaanreliable
- maaasahanreliable
Thai น่าไว้ใจ
- น่าไว้ใจ (nâa-wái-jai)reliable
Ukrainian наді́йний, достові́рний
- наді́йний (nadíjnyj)reliable
- достові́рний (dostovírnyj)reliable
Vietnamese đáng tin
- đáng tinreliable
Cite this entry
trustworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trustworthy
“trustworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trustworthy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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