fiduciary

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to paper money whose value depends on public confidence or securities.
3. (nonstandard, not-comparable) Accepted as a trusted reference such as a point, value, or marker; fiducial.

Noun

1. One who holds a thing in trust for another.
2. One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an antinomian.

Synonyms

trustee

fiducial

depositary

confidant

bailee

consignee

curator

faithful

intimate

privileged

reliable

repository

trusted

trustworthy

trusty

vested

next friend

sub-rosa

commissioned

confidante

confident

confidential

Translations

fiduciaire

fiduciario

fiduciario

treuhänderisch

Treuhänder

θεματοφύλακας

fiduciari

fiduziarisch

emin

itibari

έμπισος

επίτροπος

emanet

mutemet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɪ.ˈdjuːʃ.i.əɹ.i/

Etymology

From Latin fīdūciārius (“held in trust”), from fīdūcia (“trust”).