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Learn the meaning, synonyms, and usage of the word mistrust as a noun and a verb. See examples of mistrust in sentences and its history and origin.
MISTRUST definition: 1. to have doubts about the honesty or abilities of someone: 2. to have doubts about the honesty…. Learn more.
Find 47 words that mean mistrust, such as doubt, skepticism, suspicion, and distrust, and their opposites, such as trust, belief, and confidence. Learn how to use mistrust as a noun or a verb, and see examples and related words.
- Some common synonyms of mistrust are doubt, dubiety, skepticism, suspicion, and uncertainty. While all these words mean "lack of sureness about som...
- While the synonyms doubt and mistrust are close in meaning, doubt suggests both uncertainty and inability to make a decision. // plagued by doubts...
- The synonyms dubiety and mistrust are sometimes interchangeable, but dubiety stresses a wavering between conclusions. // felt some dubiety about it...
- The meanings of skepticism and mistrust largely overlap; however, skepticism implies unwillingness to believe without conclusive evidence. // an ec...
- While in some cases nearly identical to mistrust, suspicion stresses lack of faith in the truth, reality, fairness, or reliability of something or...
- In some situations, the words uncertainty and mistrust are roughly equivalent. However, uncertainty may range from a falling short of certainty to...
Mistrust definition: lack of trust or confidence; distrust.. See examples of MISTRUST used in a sentence.
verb [ T ] us / ˌmɪsˈtrʌst / uk / ˌmɪsˈtrʌst / Add to word list. to have doubts about the honesty or abilities of someone: I've always mistrusted politicians. Synonyms. distrust. suspect. Opposite. trust. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Trusting and not trusting. (you can) depend on/upon it idiom. accept/take something on faith idiom.
To mistrust is to feel uneasy about someone or something. If you mistrust bus drivers, you may decide to walk instead.
Learn the meaning of mistrust, a feeling that you cannot trust somebody or something, and its synonym suspicion. See how to use mistrust in sentences and collocations with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.
