Believe definition
Believe is a verb meaning "accept as true; take to be true." It has 5 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Believe as a verb
accept as true; take to be true
"I believed his report"
judge or regard; look upon; judge
"I believe her to be very smart"
Same sense: think, consider, conceive
be confident about something
"I believe that he will come back from the war"
Same sense: trust
follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
credit with veracity
"You cannot believe this man"
Synonyms and antonyms
- think definition
- consider
- conceive
- trust definition
Opposite: disbelieve.
How to say believe
Believe has 2 syllables and rhymes with leave. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with believe
- leave
- receive
- achieve
- eve
- sleeve
- relieve
- naive
- perceive
- retrieve
- weave
- conceive
- deceive
BELIEVE in word games
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Anagrams
- 0
Is BELIEVE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check BELIEVE in the word checker, or unscramble BELIEVE to see the shorter words in its letters.
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