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# trustworthy

«trustworthy» in Mova's school dictionary: **honest and reliable — you can believe what they say and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (trustworthy, more trustworthy, most trustworthy); noun (trustworthiness)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A trustworthy person is honest and reliable — you can believe what they say and depend on them to do what they promise and to keep things safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/#m1)

2) A trustworthy source of information is one that is likely to be true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

At school, being trustworthy is taught as a key value: telling the truth, keeping promises, returning what you borrow, not sharing friends' secrets that are safe to keep. In safety, children learn to find trustworthy adults (parents, teachers, police officers) when they need help, and in computing to check whether websites are trustworthy. In stories, a trustworthy friend never betrays the hero. Phrases: a trustworthy friend, trustworthy adult, trustworthy website.

### examples

- My best friend is trustworthy — she never tells my secrets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/#x1)
- If you get lost, ask a trustworthy adult, like a police officer or a shop worker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/#x2)
- The class chose a trustworthy pupil to look after the money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/#x3)
- Is this website trustworthy, or is it trying to trick us? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/#x4)
- A trustworthy dog would never bite a child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/#x5)
- Being trustworthy means doing what you say you will do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/#x6)
- The knight was brave and trustworthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/#x7)

### note

Adjective. Built from «trust» + «worthy» (deserving). Similar: reliable, honest, dependable. Opposite: untrustworthy. Trap: looking kind or friendly online does not make someone trustworthy; check with a grown-up you know.

### In the corpora

- [The word "AI" in an advert does not make it trustworthy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/15/)
- [Knowing your weak spots, and saying so, is part of being trustworthy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/27-who-you-are-words-not-body/8/)
- [A good friend is kind, honest and trustworthy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/7/)
- [Honest, gentle encouragement helps people improve and keeps your word trustworthy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/12/)
- [Owning up to small things shows you are trustworthy in big things too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trustworthy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.