entrust | Definition of entrust

Synonyms and Antonyms of entrust

1 to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings

Synonyms of entrust

assign, charge, commission, task, trust

Words Related to entrust

commit, confide, consign, delegate, recommend, relegate, repose

allocate, allot

authorize, empower, invest

2 to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation

Synonyms of entrust

commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, give, give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest

Words Related to entrust

assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide

hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield

bequeath, hand down, hand on, will

advance, lend, loan

furnish, supply

recommit, redeliver, retransfer, retransmit

Near Antonyms of entrust

detain, hold back, reserve, withhold

accept, receive, take in

occupy, take, take over

Antonyms of entrust

hold, keep, retain