trustworthy

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trustworthy

  • /ˈtɹʌst.wɜː.ði/ UK
  • /ˈtɹʌstˌwɜɹ.ði/ Canada, US
  • [ˈtɹʌstˌwɝ.ði] Canada, US
  • /ˈtɹɐst.wɜː.ði/ Australia
  • /ˈtɹɐst.wøː.ði/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From trust + -worthy.

adjective more trustworthy · trustworthier · most trustworthy · trustworthiest

  1. Deserving of trust, reliable. The storage of cryptographic secrets is one of the paramount requirements in building trustworthy systems.

    Similar: believable, convincing, credible, dependable, ethical, honest, honorable, kosher, principled, reliable, responsible, righteous · Opposite: untrustworthy

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: trusty, trusted, reliable, dependable, fiducial, honest, authentic, faithful, true, sure, responsible, creditworthy, trusting, reliability, trust, reputable

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Every language

adj reliable

Españolfidedigno, de confianza, confiable, de fiar, fehaciente
日本語頼もしい tanomoshii, 信頼できる shinrai dekiru, 着実 chakujitsu
中文可信 kěxìn, 可靠 kěkào
हिन्दीनिष्ठावान niṣṭhāvān
Portuguêsconfiável
Françaisde confiance, digne de confiance, digne de foi, fiable
Deutschvertrauenswürdig, glaubwürdig
Italianoaffidabile, attendibile, credibile, fidato
Ελληνικάαξιόπιστος axiópistos
Românăsigur, demn de încredere
Русскийнадёжный nadjóžnyj, благонадёжный blagonadjóžnyj, достове́рный dostovérnyj, ве́рный vérnyj
Tiếng Việtđáng tin
العربيةثِقَة ṯiqa

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@misc{trustworthy_2026,
  title = {trustworthy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trustworthy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}