Word Study
trusty
CIDE DICTIONARY
trusty, a.
- Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable. [1913 Webster]"Your trusty and most valiant servitor." [1913 Webster]
- Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm. [1913 Webster]"His trusty sword he called to his aid." [1913 Webster]
- Involving trust; as, a trusty business. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
trusty, adj. & n.
--adj. (trustier, trustiest)
1 archaic or joc. trustworthy (a trusty steed).
2 archaic loyal (to a sovereign) (my trusty subjects).
--n. (pl. -ies) a prisoner who is given special privileges for good behaviour.
--adj. (trustier, trustiest)
1 archaic or joc. trustworthy (a trusty steed).
2 archaic loyal (to a sovereign) (my trusty subjects).
--n. (pl. -ies) a prisoner who is given special privileges for good behaviour.
Derivative
trustily adv. trustiness n.
THESAURUS
trusty
POW, believable, cageling, calculable, captive, chain gang, childlike, colorable, con, conceivable, confiding, convict, credible, credulous, dependable, dependent, depending, detenu, ex-convict, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fiduciary, firm, galantuomo, gaolbird, gentilhomme, gentleman, good man, good woman, guileless, honest man, honest woman, incorruptible, innocent, internee, invincible, inviolable, jailbird, lady, lifer, man of honor, naive, parolee, plausible, political prisoner, predictable, prisoner, prisoner of war, proven, real lady, reliable, reliant, relying, responsible, secure, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, stir bird, straight, straight shooter, substantial, sure, surefire, tenable, tested, ticket-of-leave man, ticket-of-leaver, to be trusted, tried, tried and true, true, true blue, truepenny, trustable, trustful, trusting, trustworthy, unexceptionable, unfailing, unfalse, unimpeachable, unperfidious, unquestionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, untreacherous, well-founded, well-grounded, without suspicion, woman of honor, worthy of faithROGET THESAURUS
trusty
Probity
N probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity, (repute), respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true Briton, white man, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam, upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, marble-constant, true- hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high-spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous, honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands, a face untaught to feign, bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth, loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?.For further exploring for "trusty" in Webster Dictionary Online