TRUST
What does "TRUST" mean?
Firm belief in the reliability, truth, or strength of someone or something.
Meanings
- Confident reliance on another's honesty or ability. It took years to earn her trust.
- To believe in the reliability of, or to rely on, someone or something. I trust you to lock up.
- A legal arrangement in which one party holds assets for the benefit of another. The money is held in trust until she turns twenty-one. technical
- A large business combination acting to reduce competition. The government broke up the oil trust. technical
Did you know?
- The word 'antitrust' literally means 'against trusts' - the giant 19th-century corporate combinations the Sherman Act of 1890 was passed to dismantle.
Word origin
From Old Norse 'traust' (help, confidence, firmness), related to Old English 'treowe' (faithful) and a root meaning steadfast.
Remember it
TRUST shares its root with 'true': both mean something firm enough to stand on.
A little poem
It builds in years and breaks in one wrong word-
the slowest thing to earn, the quickest blurred.
couplet
Wordplay
- I told my lawyer I had trust issues; she said no problem, she'd set one up by Friday.
What it teaches
Trust is built in drops and lost in buckets; spend years guarding what a moment can spill.
Quick facts
What does TRUST mean?
Firm belief in the reliability, truth, or strength of someone or something.
Is TRUST a valid word?
Yes — TRUST is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRUST?
TRUST has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRUST come from?
From Old Norse 'traust' (help, confidence, firmness), related to Old English 'treowe' (faithful) and a root meaning steadfast.
What can TRUST teach us?
Trust is built in drops and lost in buckets; spend years guarding what a moment can spill.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.