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

But when a generation stops believing that an unjust rule has legitimacy, coercion becomes increasingly expensive. — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

People can get a sense of community, support and belonging by believing what others in a group believe. — Jonathan Fahey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Harrity, who is open about his own recovery, is troubled and disgusted by police believing Horsch preyed on women struggling with addiction. — Joe Holden, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Several signed, believing their agreement would send them home faster. — Hanna Park, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

If Beijing restrains Chinese developers while believing American labs are secretly advancing, China has every reason to defect. — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Trump was furious, believing that Israel was trying to sabotage the talks. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Packers coach Matt LaFleur decided to take the points off the board and go for it, believing that extending the drive and scoring a touchdown would have iced the game. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Myers was outraged, believing that his initial comment that spurred police involvement was constitutionally protected free speech. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026