English Synonym Finder

entrust

Definitions

To assign the responsibility for doing something to someone.

To give something to someone for safekeeping or protection.

Examples

I decided to entrust my most valuable documents to the bank's secure vault.

The manager chose to entrust the new project to his most reliable team member.

She was hesitant to entrust her secret to someone she had only just met.

Synonyms

assign delegate commit consign trust confide allocate

Antonyms

withhold keep retain distrust doubt suspect deny