Definition of trust

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• trust is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
• trust is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
• trust is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of trust

• complete confidence in a person or plan etc (noun)

  Examples

  1. the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust

  Synonyms

  1. faith
• expect and wish (verb)

  Examples

  1. I trust you will behave better from now on

  Synonyms

  1. desire
  2. hope
• a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service (noun)

  Examples

  1. they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly

  Synonyms

  1. cartel
  2. combine
  3. corporate trust
• be confident about something (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. believe
• certainty based on past experience (noun)

  Examples

  1. he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun

  Synonyms

  1. reliance
• a trustful relationship (noun)

  Examples

  1. he betrayed their trust

  Synonyms

  1. confidence
• the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others (noun)

  Examples

  1. the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity

  Synonyms

  1. trustfulness
  2. trustingness
• confer a trust upon (verb)

  Examples

  1. The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret

  Synonyms

  1. commit
  2. confide
  3. entrust
  4. intrust
• allow without fear (verb)
• (chiefly archaic) extend credit to (verb)

  Examples

  1. don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore
• have confidence or faith in (verb)

  Examples

  1. We can trust in our government
• something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father

See definition of trust in Merriam Webster