BELIEVED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

believed

verb

past tense of believe

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

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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"

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Recent Examples of believed It has long been believed, based on ancient accounts, that a young Alexander the Great was taught by Aristotle at Mieza. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Neighbors initially believed the person may have been trying to break into the vehicles. — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 More than a century later, remains believed to be from the ship have continued to emerge from the sand. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 According to Sotheby’s, the painting is believed to have been conceived and mapped out in Italy, but later completed in London. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Ships believed to be from Myanmar were docked at the nearby Lumut naval base. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 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 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

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But being accepted for recycling doesn’t mean the laundry detergent container actually gets recycled.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
But the meeting was canceled after Saudi Arabia called for amendments, only some of which were accepted by Iran, the person said.

— Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of accepted

Verb

Balak explains that while anywhere between 9,100 and 12,000 people in Fiji are thought to have HIV, only 5,676 of these cases have been officially diagnosed.

— David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
Last year, my wife Luci and I made a decision that a lot of people in our life thought might be too risky.

— Alicia Sanchez, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of thought

Verb

Virginia’s 5th is not normally considered a competitive district.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
The location is along the Burke-Gilman trail next to Lake Union, and is considered the trail’s access point for runners and bikers.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of considered

Verb

Gap took the idea into a more accessible realm during New York Fashion Week, announcing its new Five-Pocket Tote and the rest of Reed Krakoff’s GapBag collection with a large installation of the model at Rockefeller Center.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Luz Zavala is a mother with many questions – and the determination to find answers – after her 21-year-old son Juanito Lopez took his own life last week.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of took

Verb

Many correctly guessed the cinnamon-sugar dessert, which was pulled from menus in 2024, according to reports and social media users.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Who could have guessed that football genius Sean McVay would be so badly outplanned, so badly outcoached, and so unimaginably wrong on the game’s transformative play?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of guessed

Verb

Lojo figured that a drop-in facility, where people could sleep in a chair for the night, with access to a hot meal and a shower, would be perfect for him.

— Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Celebrities, however, are a different beast than authors, though the Times figured it out.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of figured

Verb

His first project at the house was a film starring Demi Moore that imagined Gucci as a family business owned by a wealthy matriarch in California.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026
Inspired by Cuba and its changing political and cultural landscape, Chalayan imagined severe uniform-like shells washing away to expose new possibilities.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026

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