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

Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said Monday in a post on X that the Polish army recovered what was believed to be a Russian military drone from the Baltic Sea near the coastal village of Jaroslawiec. — Arkansas Online, 15 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

Alcohol or drugs were believed to be factors in a Saturday crash that killed a driver on Clarksburg Road near West Sacramento, according to the California Highway Patrol. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Lenin and Trotsky believed that their Bolshevik Revolution would succeed only when the Soviet Union was surrounded by other Communist states. — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

No one, however, much less a dubious Spanish public who were more used to mocking than celebrating their country’s best GC rider in a generation, believed that Mas could win the race. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Potential dark matter collisions are believed to be extremely rare. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Overall, the tomb contained a total of 38 bodies and countless artifacts intended as offerings for the dead, who are believed to be Chimu elite. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Trump, meanwhile, has long believed that the best way to win elections is to have himself as a candidate. — Will Weissert, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026