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

Encouraged by his son, Michael, Storch held talks over becoming a minority shareholder at Reading alongside fellow American Rob Couhig, before believing a full takeover of Cardiff City was possible following their relegation to League One. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Tens of thousands of people showing up believing that something was going to happen to them that night, and handing you that certainty. — Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Colón was later disqualified after removing his gloves, apparently believing the fight was over. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026

Part of the value of a gift comes from believing another person thought specifically about you. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026

As the identity of the culprit becomes the talk of the school, Cartman immerses himself in 9/11 conspiracy theories, believing that the terrorist attack was actually an inside job staged by the Bush administration. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Similar figures were produced by the Pew Research Center last year regarding AI chatbots, with nearly 60% of adults between ages 18 to 29 and 51% of adults between 30 and 49 believing at least some of the news produced by chatbots is inaccurate. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Warmooge’s mother, Saluugla, refuses to bury her son without justice, believing burial without accountability would erase his death. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026

That run came on top of a franchise-record tying 15-game winning streak in July, fueling a dramatic turnaround that has fans believing the magic is back at the old ballpark. — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026