Synonyms for believe
Another word for believe is think, consider or conceive. Below are 4 synonyms and 25 related words across 5 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: believed, believes.
1. verb: accept as true; take to be true
Antonyms
- disbelieve
2. verb: judge or regard; look upon; judge
- think synonyms
- consider synonyms
- conceive synonyms
3. verb: be confident about something
- trust synonyms
4. verb: follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
5. verb: credit with veracity
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- believe in
- understand synonyms
- buy synonyms
- accept synonyms
- swallow synonyms
- infer synonyms
- take to be synonyms
- look on synonyms
- feel synonyms
- be known as synonyms
- view synonyms
- hold synonyms
- look upon synonyms
- judge synonyms
- regard as synonyms
- regard synonyms
- pass judgment
- evaluate synonyms
- esteem synonyms
- reckon synonyms
- rethink synonyms
- expect synonyms
- anticipate synonyms
- misbelieve
- credit synonyms
Believe in word games
- Letters
- 7
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- How common
- Everyday word
- Unscramble BELIEVE
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Questions people ask
What is another word for believe?
You can say think, consider, conceive or trust instead of believe. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "accept as true; take to be true".
What is the opposite of believe?
The opposite of believe is disbelieve.
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