Synonyms for mistrust
mɪsˈtrʌstmis·trust

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1. mistrustnoun

   Antonyms:
   trust

2. mistrustverb

   To have no confidence in something

   Antonyms:
   trust

3. mistrustverb

   Antonyms:
   trust

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1. mistrustverb

   To doubt is to lack conviction. Incompleteness of evidence may compel one to doubt, or some perverse bias of mind may incline him to. Distrust may express simply a lack of confidence; as, I distrust my own judgment; or it may be nearly equivalent to suspect; as, I distrusted that man from the start. Mistrust and suspect imply that one is almost assured of positive evil; one may distrust himself or others; he suspects others. Mistrust is now rarely, if ever, used of persons, but only of motives, intentions, etc. Distrust is always serious; mistrust is often used playfully. Compare SUPPOSE. Compare synonyms for DOUBT, n.

   Synonyms:
   distrust, doubt, doubt, surmise, suspect

   Antonyms:
   believe, confide in, depend on, depend upon, rely on, rely upon, trust

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1. misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicionnoun

   doubt about someone's honesty

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, misgiving, distrustfulness, suspiciousness, hunch, intuition, suspicion, distrust, scruple, qualm

   Antonyms:
   swear, trust, bank, rely

2. distrust, distrustfulness, mistrustverb

   the trait of not trusting others

   Synonyms:
   distrustfulness, suspicion, distrust, misgiving

   Antonyms:
   bank, swear, trust, rely

3. distrust, mistrust, suspectverb

   regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

   Synonyms:
   suspect, surmise, distrust

   Antonyms:
   trust, bank, swear, rely

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1. • Disbelieve

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1. mistrustnoun

   Synonyms:
   distrust, suspicion, doubt, misgiving, want of confidence

2. mistrustverb

   Synonyms:
   distrust, doubt, be suspicious of

3. mistrustverb

   Synonyms:
   fear, apprehend, suspect

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1. mistrustverb

   Synonyms:
   doubt, question, suspect, distrust, apprehend

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1. List of paraphrases for "mistrust":

   distrust, suspicion, no-confidence, censure, wariness, non-confidence, confidence, defiance

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How to use mistrust in a sentence?

1. Marc Benioff:

   This digital revolution really kind of has the world in its grip. And in that grip, you can see the amount of mistrust and misinformation that is happening.

2. Albert Schweitzer:

   Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.

3. China Daily:

   While no one should expect the summit to have ironed out all the differences and erased the deep-seated mistrust between the two long-time foes, it has ignited hopes that they will be finally able to put an end to their hostility and that the long-standing peninsula issues can finally be resolved. These hopes should not be extinguished.

4. Kim Jolliffe:

   Mistrust of the government is chronic, following decades of civilian-targeted military operations ... and (trust) will not be bought through token social services without genuine changes to the governance and security sectors.

5. Liz Truss:

   Some of the behaviour by China on areas like forced technology transfer, subsidies by state-owned enterprises, and also IP (Intellectual Property) violations have led to some of the mistrust in the global trading system, people can see things are unfair, that if state-owned enterprises are able to subsidise and able to undermine free enterprise economies, then that can destroy trust in trade.