Synonyms of believed

believed

verb

past tense of believe

1

as in accepted

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

• accepted
• understood
• took
• trusted
• bought
• credited
• swallowed
• assumed
• accounted
• presumed
• supposed
• set store by
• concluded
• deduced
• inferred
• accredited

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejected
• suspected
• doubted
• discredited
• questioned
• disbelieved
• distrusted
• challenged
• disputed
• mistrusted
• misdoubted

2

as in thought

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

• thought
• considered
• guessed
• figured
• imagined
• felt
• deemed
• supposed
• conceived
• judged
• perceived
• assumed
• reckoned
• held
• allowed
• regarded
• accepted
• viewed
• esteemed
• presumed
• relied
• depended
• concluded
• trusted
• deduced
• surmised
• presupposed
• inferred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspected
• doubted
• questioned
• rejected
• distrusted
• mistrusted
• discredited
• disbelieved

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of believed

About 78% of those surveyed believed the current administration’s policies had not helped address cost of living and inflation. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Considering Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett has thrown the football 65 times in those two games, and just one of those 65 has been hauled in by the player who many believed would be the face of the franchise, is alarming. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

That result shocked many Germans who had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to prohibit persecution. — Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

The decision ends a three-year legal battle that pitted the couple against a group of residents from the nearby village of Kintbury, who believed the long driveway should remain accessible to hikers. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

What Lloyd did with all that violent tranquility had to be seen to be believed. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026

Rodríguez received 3%, while Edmundo González, the opposition candidate believed to have actually won the presidential elections in 2024 received 1%. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

Deputies believed alcohol was a contributing factor in the collision, the post said. — Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

At issue is territory claimed by both that is believed to contain large, exploitable amounts of natural gas and other hydrocarbons. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026