trustfulness

4.8

Being ready to believe people are honest or reliable

noun
/ˈtrʌstfəl.nəs/

: confianza

His trustfulness sometimes made him vulnerable to deceitful people.

Examples

The negotiator's trustfulness helped build a positive relationship with the other party.
Her trustfulness makes it easy for people to confide in her.
Children often show great trustfulness toward adults they know.
The child's trustfulness is refreshing in a world full of skepticism.
His natural trustfulness made it easy for others to take advantage of him.
The child's trustfulness allowed her to make friends quickly in the new school.
Despite her past experiences, she maintained a surprising trustfulness in people.

Synonyms

faith

vstrustfulness

∞ 1.4

Complete trust in a person, plan, or thing

is more a willingness to believe others than an absolute complete belief

trust

vstrustfulness

699 1.0

Strong belief that a person or thing is honest and reliable

is more about being willing to believe others rather than having firm belief

confidence

vstrustfulness

419 1.9

A belief that you can rely on someone or something

is a willingness to believe others are honest rather than a personal feeling

trustingness

vstrustfulness

7.4

Willingness to believe that other people are honest and reliable

is the same meaning but uses an alternative noun formation

Antonyms

distrustfulness

7.5

A feeling of not trusting other people

How Trusting

trust

699 1.0

trustfulness

4.8

reserve

9 5.2

doubt

∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

trustfulness singular

trustfulnesses plural

Morphology

trustfulness = trustful (transparent) = trust + ful + ness

The noun 'trustfulness' is transparently derived from the adjective 'trustful' by adding the suffix '-ness'.

Etymology

Trustfulness comes from the parts trust + -ful + -ness and literally means 'full of trust'. So, like trustworthy or trusty, it describes the quality of being ready to believe others are 'honest' or 'reliable'.