trust: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 5 letter points · starts with T · ends with T
Meaning of trust
noun
- countable, uncountable
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
Example: He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.
- countable, uncountable
Dependence upon something in the future; hope.
- countable, uncountable
Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.
Example: I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.
- countable, uncountable
That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.
Listed forms: trusts.
Source: Wiktionary — trust.
verb
- transitive
To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.
Example: We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.
- intransitive
To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.
Example: In God We Trust
- transitive
To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
- transitive
To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
Example: I trust you have cleaned your room?
Listed forms: trusts, trusting, trusted, glossary, trustest.
Source: Wiktionary — trust.
adj
of or relating to a trust.
- obsolete
Secure, safe.
- obsolete
Faithful, dependable.
Source: Wiktionary — trust.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for trust.
noun
certainty based on past experience
noun
the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
- trustingness
- trustfulness
noun
a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
noun
complete confidence in a person or plan etc
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is trust in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of trust
T(1) + R(1) + U(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of trust
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from trust
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in trust. Showing up to 24, longest first.