BELIEVES Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

believes

verb

present tense third-person singular of believe

as in accepts

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 thinks

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 believes Energy consultancy Rystad, meanwhile, believes a $1-2 per barrel premium on oil prices is a conservative estimate. —

Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 June 2026 It's been 26 years since the original film debuted, and actor and producer Shawn Wayans believes that comedy serves an even bigger purpose today. —

Jobina Fortson-Evans, CBS News, 3 June 2026 The team believes alternative battery chemistries will be necessary as demand for energy storage continues to grow alongside the expansion of renewable power generation. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026 Aiello believes the bollard fence planned for the area will be just as bad as wire over time. —

Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 In fact, Seth Hickle, chief investment officer at Mindset Wealth Management, believes today’s tech leaders are going to become tomorrow’s dividend aristocrats . —

Michelle Fox, CNBC, 3 June 2026 But David McCuan, a political science professor at Sonoma State University, believes Hilton has the staying power to advance to November's election, likely leaving Steyer on the sidelines. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 3 June 2026 Andrews attorney, Danny Luneau with the Denver firm Fife Luneau, on Tuesday reiterated that Andrews takes full responsibility for what happened and believes this is the appropriate resolution. —

Katie Langford, Denver Post, 3 June 2026 The north London side believes that female-specific health support — including menstrual health, contraception, fertility, pregnancy, and menopause — should sit alongside nutrition, psychology, and physical performance. —

Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 May 2026

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Scorsese is the highest-profile filmmaker to embrace the technology roiling many of his Hollywood peers and potentially representing a paradigm shift in how the film industry accepts its use.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 3 June 2026
Because California accepts and counts large numbers of mail-in ballots after Election Day, final results were not immediately available.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2026