Synonyms of believing

believing 1 of 2

adjective

as in convinced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• convinced
• accepting
• confident
• unquestioning
• sure
• overconfident
• trusting
• unsuspecting
• certain
• confiding
• unsuspicious
• secure
• unwary
• trustful
• gullible
• naïve
• credulous
• childlike
• naive
• unsophisticated
• guileless
• hopeful
• gullable
• artless
• dependent
• innocent
• reliant
• simple

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• skeptical
• questioning
• doubtful
• doubting
• distrustful
• disbelieving
• mistrustful
• unbelieving
• unconvinced
• undecided
• unsure
• incredulous
• wary
• unpersuaded
• suspicious
• hesitant
• untrusting
• dubious
• leery
• trustless
• leary
• oversuspicious

believing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of believe

1

as in accepting

to regard as right or true

only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepting
• taking
• understanding
• trusting
• buying
• swallowing
• crediting
• assuming
• accounting
• setting store on
• presuming
• supposing
• setting store by
• deducing
• accrediting
• inferring
• concluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• disbelieving
• discrediting
• doubting
• questioning
• suspecting
• distrusting
• mistrusting
• challenging
• disputing
• misdoubting

2

as in thinking

to have as an opinion

despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that "people are really good at heart"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thinking
• guessing
• imagining
• considering
• figuring
• feeling
• supposing
• deeming
• perceiving
• judging
• conceiving
• assuming
• holding
• regarding
• accepting
• allowing
• reckoning
• esteeming
• viewing
• trusting
• relying
• presuming
• depending
• concluding
• inferring
• presupposing
• deducing
• surmising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubting
• questioning
• suspecting
• rejecting
• distrusting
• disbelieving
• mistrusting
• discrediting