Synonyms of believes

believes

verb

present tense third-person singular of believe

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepts
• understands
• takes
• trusts
• buys
• swallows
• credits
• assumes
• presumes
• accounts
• supposes
• sets store by
• concludes
• infers
• deduces
• accredits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejects
• disbelieves
• discredits
• suspects
• doubts
• distrusts
• questions
• challenges
• mistrusts
• disputes
• misdoubts

2

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"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thinks
• considers
• imagines
• feels
• deems
• figures
• supposes
• guesses
• conceives
• perceives
• judges
• assumes
• holds
• reckons
• accepts
• allows
• esteems
• regards
• relies
• presumes
• depends
• presupposes
• trusts
• concludes
• views
• surmises
• infers
• deduces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspects
• doubts
• distrusts
• rejects
• questions
• mistrusts
• discredits
• disbelieves

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of believes

Roach believes the perfect lead hook comes down to the timing. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

With a growing portion of the population born after the attacks, Spade believes preserving the individual stories has become more urgent. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

When the first tower collapsed, Deputy Chief Dunn believes that only a handful of firefighters actually had reached the fire floor, around the eightieth story of the building. — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Anthropic has accused Chinese companies such as Moonshot AI, DeepSeek, and MiniMax of the practice, while OpenAI believes DeepSeek's V3 and R1 model architectures were distilled from its own GPT-4 and GPT-4o models. — Kate Rooney,isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Groups put on the list would have seven days of being noticed to object in writing and provide documentation the organization believes would counsel against the designation. — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

Late on Tuesday night, Parker Police Department believes speed is what led to a deadly crash on Mainstreet. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Dondo Iorlamen, the international director of CAPRO, believes Africa is well-positioned to send missionaries because Christianity is growing stronger there. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

That gives it a foot in the door at far more companies than rivals with which buyers have fewer connections, Faber believes. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026