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

The court filing alleges that social media users believed that the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders actually made appearances at the My Chemical Romance concert, and that the circulation of videos was not accidental. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026

Traditional pan-frying took too long for travelers who wanted a quick meal, while Sanders believed deep-frying compromised the chicken’s quality. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

Police said about an hour and 15 minutes before, surveillance video captured her exiting a DART train at the SMU/Mockingbird Station with another person, who hasn't been identified, but is also believed to be a juvenile. — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Second, Cramer questioned whether the Broadcom-Anthropic financing deal was as reassuring as investors believed. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Media buyers pushed back, and Amazon is believed to have retreated from some of its highest price demands. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

It was initially believed that Posada and then-manager Joe Girardi, who were teammates in the late 90s, had a rift, but Posada nixed that notion. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Among the adult children, 49% believed inheritance conversations have the potential to trigger family conflict—which is one reason so many people avoid having them. — Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026