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 Scalping tickets wasn’t new, of course, but Kahn believed that its formalization online provided sports teams, and other entertainment businesses, with valuable information about demand that could enable them to make more money without alienating their most loyal fans. —

John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 The team believed the killer had acted alone. —

Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026 That victory, however, showed that most Hungarians – fed up with a stagnant economy and rampant corruption – no longer believed what state media told them, Polyák added. —

Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026 After the shooting, Pasco fled on foot and was believed to have remained armed with a handgun, according to the agency. —

Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026 Republican opposition to the five-year extension proposal of the program, which allows warrantless wiretapping of noncitizens overseas, came both from hardliners who believed the reforms in the framework did not go far enough, as well as Intel members who wanted a clean reauthorization. —

Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026 The Iowa City Police Department did not say how many were believed to be involved in the shooting, but did release an image with a request to help identify five persons of interest associated with the incident. —

Brandon Hurley, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 The incident is currently believed to be isolated. —

Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026 Investigators say that speeding is believed to be a contributing factor to this crash. —

Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026

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And when property rights are defined and broadly accepted, people are more likely to cooperate than to fight.

— Antony Davies, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Williams and Whitehouse, though, have both said the tryout fees for Flight 88 will go directly toward uniform, travel and education costs, and that the program isn’t planning to charge any additional costs for athletes once accepted.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026