Synonyms of believing

believing 1 of 2

adjective

as in convinced

Related Words

• convinced
• accepting
• confident
• unquestioning
• sure
• trusting
• unsuspecting
• certain
• secure
• overconfident
• unwary
• gullible
• confiding
• credulous
• unsuspicious
• childlike
• trustful
• naive
• hopeful
• unsophisticated
• dependent
• innocent
• reliant
• guileless
• simple
• artless

Dissimilar Words

• uncertain
• skeptical
• questioning
• doubtful
• doubting
• distrustful
• disbelieving
• mistrustful
• unbelieving
• unconvinced
• undecided
• unsure
• wary
• incredulous
• unpersuaded
• suspicious
• untrusting
• hesitant
• dubious
• leery
• trustless
• oversuspicious

believing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of believe

1

as in accepting

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

• accepting
• taking
• understanding
• trusting
• buying
• swallowing
• crediting
• assuming
• accounting
• presuming
• supposing
• setting store by
• deducing
• accrediting
• inferring
• concluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• disbelieving
• discrediting
• doubting
• questioning
• suspecting
• distrusting
• mistrusting
• challenging
• disputing
• misdoubting

2

as in thinking

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

• thinking
• guessing
• imagining
• considering
• figuring
• feeling
• supposing
• deeming
• perceiving
• judging
• conceiving
• assuming
• holding
• regarding
• accepting
• allowing
• reckoning
• esteeming
• viewing
• trusting
• relying
• presuming
• depending
• concluding
• inferring
• presupposing
• deducing
• surmising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubting
• questioning
• suspecting
• rejecting
• distrusting
• disbelieving
• mistrusting
• discrediting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of believing

Adjective

The non-believing partner may start to emotionally withdraw from the other, purely out of self-preservation. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Verb

Do not perform competence only to blame everyone later for believing the performance. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Next, there's the identity lag, where an outdated self-concept drives continued overexertion; and the illusion of recoverability, where believing resources can always fix health damage later down the road. — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Victims’ families were outraged at the news, believing that freeing Megrahi was about politics and not justice. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Traders were gauging the odds of an imminent hike, and simultaneously demanded more compensation to hold longer government debt, believing that inflation would continue to bite. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 July 2026

In June 2025, Lopez, while experiencing paranoia after using methamphetamine and believing intruders were trying to break into his Arlington apartment, fired the gunshots into his neighbor’s home, the DA’s office said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026

Many of us grew up believing that running the dishwasher was wasteful, in terms of both electricity and water. — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2026

But pictures, texts and DNA evidence kept law enforcement from believing it. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Others like the look and resume of Levi, believing a younger goalie can carry the load for the next several seasons. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 24 July 2026