trustworthy

Examples

• All

• And they're known for being practical, trustworthy, tenacious, honest.

• Followers expect their leaders to be trustworthy, honest, forthright, and full of integrity.

  Academic text (1991)

• To prove that I am a trustworthy friend.

• Has your experience made you more trustworthy of other people or less?

• Why do we see some people as trustworthy and other people as not?

  Stanford

• For the most part, they seem like a trustworthy group of people.

  Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)

• I have found someone far more trustworthy.

  The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

• If I love you, I should behave in a trustworthy, honest way towards you.

• I wouldn't go if I didn't have the most trustworthy man I know to look after my family...

  Fiction book (1995)

• They are loyal, trustworthy, and sassy as hell.

  You Should Know Podcast

Synonyms

H

honest

vstrustworthy

∞ 1.0

Truthful and fair, not cheating or lying

includes steady dependability and deserved trust beyond mere truthfulness

R

reliable

vstrustworthy

342 2.7

Able to be trusted to do what is expected

emphasizes deserving trust as honest or truthful rather than only consistent quality

C

credible

vstrustworthy

269 4.2

Something that seems true and that people can trust

focuses on general honesty and dependable character rather than only believability

T

trusted

vstrustworthy

170 1.4

A person or group people rely on because they are honest

describes inherent reliability and honesty rather than only being regarded so

R

reputable

vstrustworthy

53 4.2

Known to be honest and reliable

refers to actual reliability and deserved trust rather than reputation alone

D

dependable

vstrustworthy

43 2.3

A person or thing you can trust to do what they promise

focuses on deserving trust and honesty rather than only steady function

T

trusty

vstrustworthy

36 3.0

Always reliable and useful in many situations

is the same in meaning but exists only as a different form

U

unimpeachable

vstrustworthy

• Formal

7 8.2

Very honest and reliable so people cannot doubt it

is less extreme and means deserving trust but possibly open to doubt

S

scrupulous

vstrustworthy

6 7.2

Careful to do what is right and honest

focuses on general dependability and deserved trust rather than only moral meticulousness

V

veracious

vstrustworthy

• Formal

1 8.1

An account or statement that gives true facts

applies more broadly to people and things able to be depended on for honesty

Antonyms

D

dishonest

128 2.5

Likely to lie or cheat to get something for yourself

U

untrustworthy

20 4.8

Not honest or reliable with promises

How Trustworthy

steadfast

30 5.6

reliable

342 2.7

trustworthy

87 2.1

questionable

162 3.9

untrustworthy

20 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology