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trustworthiness

trustworthiness

12 3.8
A quality that shows someone or something is reliable and honest
  • noun
  • /ˈtrʌstˌwɜrðɪnəs/
translation icon : confiabilidad
  • Her long history of honesty has established her trustworthiness in our community.
  • trustworthiness and credibility
  • ensure trustworthiness
  • trustworthiness of data

And it's, it's the, the thing we need to shore up is the trustworthiness of indispensable institutions.

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Examples

  • It's a signal of trustworthiness, I think, and honesty.

  • In addition, several steps were taken to ensure the trustworthiness of the data.

    Academic text (2008)
  • I do not know about the trustworthiness of anyone who might read these things.

    Academic text (2001)
  • And so let's just agree that the trustworthiness of the Olympic Committee should be called into question.

  • And from certain facts you became convinced of her trustworthiness.

  • We used multiple methods to limit researcher bias and enhance the trustworthiness of the data.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We like competence up until a point, but trustworthiness and friendship, I guess above other things, is more important to me.

  • Social workers demonstrate respect and trustworthiness by protecting their clients' confidentiality.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Shawn's actions underscore the need to develop trustworthiness and credibility in the field.

    Academic text (2002)
  • To ensure accuracy and trustworthiness of the data, triangulation and indirect member verification were used.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

integrity
vstrustworthiness
447 4.3

Being honest and doing what is right

is more about steady reliability and deserving others' confidence than moral purity
reliability
vstrustworthiness
60 3.5

A person or thing you can trust to work well every time

emphasizes deserving others' confidence rather than only consistent performance
believability
vstrustworthiness
5 3.7

How much something seems true or real to people

is less about mere plausibility and more about being worthy of confidence
dependability
vstrustworthiness
4 3.4

Being trustworthy and able to be relied on to do what is needed

is about deserving confidence in character and conduct rather than technical steadiness
trustiness
vstrustworthiness
5.6

How much you can rely on someone or something

is more about steady performance and consistent reliability over time
reliableness
vstrustworthiness
4.1

The quality of being able to be trusted

is more about being deserving of confidence beyond steady, predictable performance
dependableness
vstrustworthiness
3.0

Being someone or something you can trust to do what is needed

is more about being deserving of confidence and moral soundness rather than mere steadiness
creditability
vstrustworthiness
6.6

The quality of being believable and trusted by others

is more about being generally deserving of confidence rather than only seeming believable
credibleness
vstrustworthiness
6.6

How believable and trustworthy something is

places weight on deserving others' confidence beyond mere apparent believability

Antonyms

46 3.2

Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing

Not being dependable or able to be trusted

A quality of not being reliable or honest

How Trustworthy

reliability
60 3.5
trustworthiness
12 3.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

trustworthiness = trustworthy (transparent) = trust + worthy + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'trustworthy' using '-ness'; the meaning is directly the 'quality of being worthy of trust'.

Etymology

Trustworthiness comes from two simple parts: trust, meaning 'confidence' or 'belief', and worthy (from worth), meaning 'value' or 'deserving'. So, trustworthiness is the quality of being 'deserving of trust', like a person you can always rely on.