trusting
Open to faith
Trusting describes someone who readily believes in the goodness or reliability of others.
A trusting child accepts what adults say.
A trusting nature makes someone vulnerable to deception.
The word often carries a note of naivety—to be too trusting is to be insufficiently guarded: She was trusting to a fault.
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
- unwaryWithout due caution
- unquestioningAccepting without challenge
impressionable · exploitable · overconfident · unsophisticated · inexperienced · green · wide-eyed · suggestible
Quality of being accessible
- receptiveOpen to input
- unguardedWithout protection or caution
- exposedOut in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
susceptible · reliant · dependent · sensitive · risk · accessible · emotional · fragile
Closely personal or private
- confidingSharing secrets trustingly
- bondBinding tie or connection
- closenessState of proximity
- mutualShared between parties
reciprocal · partnership · friendship · marriage · alliance · connection · rapport · attachment
Having youthful innocence
- guilelessFree from deceit
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- open-heartedGenuine and warmly receptive
- genuineTruly what it claims
unaffected · sincere · straightforward · transparent · unassuming · unspoiled · untainted · wholesome
State of needing support
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- faithTrust without proof
- beliefTrust held as true
conviction · certainty · credibility · trustworthiness · reliability · confidence · expectation · hopefulness
gullible
Easily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
- unwaryWithout due caution
unquestioning · impressionable · exploitable · overconfident · unsophisticated · inexperienced · green · wide-eyed · suggestible · manipulable
openness
Quality of being accessible
defenseless · susceptible · reliant · dependent · sensitive · risk · accessible · emotional · fragile · tender
intimate
Closely personal or private
mutual · reciprocal · partnership · friendship · marriage · alliance · connection · rapport · attachment · devoted
childlike
Having youthful innocence
- guilelessFree from deceit
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- open-heartedGenuine and warmly receptive
genuine · unaffected · sincere · straightforward · transparent · unassuming · unspoiled · untainted · wholesome · artless
reliance
State of needing support
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- faithTrust without proof
belief · conviction · certainty · credibility · trustworthiness · reliability · confidence · expectation · hopefulness · optimism
- friendship actssharing, helping, listening, supporting, forgiving
- kind actshelping, aiding, assisting, donating, sharing
- childlikeinnocent, naive, wide-eyed, wonder, playful
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- attitudespositive, negative, ambition, apathy, curiosity
trustingsuspicious
Inclined to distrust
distrustful · mistrustful · untrusting · paranoid · cynical
trustingskeptical
Inclined to question claims
incredulous · disbelieving · doubting · critical · unconvinced
- trusting your gut
- trusting natureInclination to believe others
entrusting, distrusting, mistrusting, trustingly, untrusting