1.
[syn: trustworthy, trusty]
2. taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations;
- Example: "trustworthy public servants"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trustworthy \Trust"wor`thy\, a.
Worthy of trust or confidence; trusty. --
Trust"wor`thi*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
trustworthy
adj 1: worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an
experienced and trustworthy traveling companion" [syn:
trustworthy, trusty] [ant: untrustworthy,
untrusty]
2: taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations;
"trustworthy public servants"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "trustworthy":
accurate, authoritative, believable, calculable, colorable,
conceivable, convincing, credible, dependable, ethical, exact,
fail-safe, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fiduciary, firm,
guaranteed, harmless, honest, honorable, incorruptible, invincible,
inviolable, invulnerable, loyal, moral, plausible, predictable,
principled, proven, realistic, reliable, responsible, riskless,
scrupulous, secure, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast,
steady, straight, substantial, sure, surefire, tenable, tested,
to be trusted, tried, tried and true, true, trustable, trusty,
truthful, undangerous, unexceptionable, unfailing, unfalse,
unhazardous, unimpeachable, unperfidious, unperilous, unprecarious,
unquestionable, unrisky, untreacherous, upright, valid, veracious,
warranteed, well-founded, well-grounded, worthy of faith