trusting synonyms

trusting

modif.

  1. Naive

    trustful, credulous, confiding, gullible, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, easygoing, open, candid, indulgent, obliging, well-meaning, good-natured, tenderhearted, green*, suckerish*, doughfaced*, with a glass jaw*; see also naive.

    Antonyms critical*, suspicious*, skeptical. *

  2. Hopeful

    in hopes, expectant, confident, assured, optimistic, presuming, depending on, counting on, relying on, reliant, relying; see also hopeful 1.

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