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

At the Texas and Connecticut trials, victims’ relatives testified that Jones’ followers — believing his claims that the shooting didn’t happen — subjected them to death and rape threats, in-person harassment and abusive comments on social media. — Jim Vertuno, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Lewis has the Rattlers believing that a Dark Cloud Defense reboot is on the way. — Gerald Thomas Iii, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Priscilla ultimately allows Lucky and John to get off scot-free, believing that Lucky was the only other woman who truly loved her son. — Max Gao, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

It could even be suggested that intense charisma may impair followers’ ability to distinguish valid from invalid signals, since merely believing one is interacting with a charismatic person can reduce neural error-monitoring responses. — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Yet the greater error was embarking on such an expansive campaign in the first place and believing that the United States could use military force to transform the Middle East to its liking. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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