trusting nature
Tendency toward faith
A trusting nature is a disposition to believe in others' good intentions and reliability.
Someone with a trusting nature extends faith readily, sometimes naively: Her trusting nature made her vulnerable to scams.
The phrase often appears when that trust proves misplaced, though it can also describe an admirable openness to others.
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- born yesterdayExtremely naive and credulous
- gullibleEasily deceived
- easy markReadily deceived person
- innocentFree from moral wrong
faith · good faith · openness · open heart · benefit of the doubt · credulous · blind faith · believing · vulnerable · childlike · hopeful · unsuspecting · sincere · goodhearted · earnest · optimistic · unwary · confiding
- childlikeinnocent, naive, wide-eyed, wonder, playful
- naivetenaivety, naive, innocence, gullible, gullibility
- fatal flawsfatal flaw, tragic flaw, hubris, hamartia, Achilles heel
trusting naturewariness
Cautious distrust
suspiciousness · distrust · mistrustfulness · guardedness · paranoia
trusting naturecynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
suspiciousness · skepticism · wariness · mistrustfulness · paranoia
trusting naturedefensiveness
Resistance to perceived attack
guardedness · emotional armor · caution · circumspection · hedging
trust, trusting, trusted, trusty, trustee, trustful, trustfully, trustfulness, trusts