Synonyms of entrusting

entrusting

verb

variants also intrusting

present participle of entrust

1

as in trusting

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trusting
• tasking
• charging
• assigning
• commissioning
• recommending
• imposing
• investing
• empowering
• conferring
• delegating
• committing
• confiding
• authorizing
• allocating
• relegating
• consigning
• reposing
• allotting

2

as in leaving

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 & Similar Words

• leaving
• transferring
• giving
• committing
• trusting
• handing
• relinquishing
• recommending
• delegating
• commending
• transmitting
• confiding
• consigning
• bequeathing
• loaning
• reposing
• delivering
• assigning
• passing
• vesting
• granting
• turning over
• handing over
• conferring
• giving over
• distributing
• submitting
• dividing
• lending
• dispensing
• supplying
• dealing (out)
• surrendering
• dispersing
• furnishing
• releasing
• yielding
• willing
• advancing
• turning in
• handing in
• handing on
• handing down
• recommitting
• retransmitting
• retransferring
• redelivering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• reserving
• owning
• possessing
• receiving
• withholding
• accepting
• taking
• detaining
• occupying
• holding back
• taking in
• taking over