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believe

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of believe

1 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 of believe

accept, buy, credit, swallow, take, trust
Words Related to believe

account, accredit, understand

assume, presume, suppose

conclude, deduce, infer
Phrases Synonymous with believe

set store by (or on)
Near Antonyms of believe

distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect

challenge, dispute
Antonyms of believe

disbelieve, discredit, reject

2 to have as an opinion

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

allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], conceive, consider, deem, esteem, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], suppose, think
Words Related to believe

regard, view

accept, perceive

depend, rely, trust

assume, presume, presuppose, surmise

conclude, deduce, infer
Near Antonyms of believe

distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, suspect

disbelieve, discredit, reject

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