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faith

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of faith

1 belief and trust in and loyalty to God

  • a people who are known for their strong and steadfast faith
Synonyms of faith

devotion, piety, religion
Words Related to faith

devoutness, piousness, religiousness

adoration, reverence, veneration, worship

profession, protestation
Near Antonyms of faith

disbelief, doubt, unbelief, unfaith

agnosticism, know-nothingism

apostasy, lapse, tergiversation
Antonyms of faith

atheism, godlessness

2 a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities

  • the city of Jerusalem is sacred to three faiths: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
Synonyms of faith

credo, creed, cult, persuasion, religion
Words Related to faith

church, communion, denomination, sect

doctrine, dogma, theology

deism, heathenism, monotheism, paganism, pantheism, polytheism, theism
Near Antonyms of faith

agnosticism, know-nothingism

atheism, godlessness, nonbelief, secularism, unbelief

3 adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty

  • after they had to declare bankruptcy, the family found out how much faith their friends had
Synonyms of faith

adhesion, allegiance, attachment, commitment, constancy, dedication, devotedness, devotion, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, piety, steadfastness, troth
Words Related to faith

affection, fondness

determination, firmness, resolution

dependability, reliability, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness
Near Antonyms of faith

alienation, disaffection, estrangement, separation
Antonyms of faith

disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, treachery, unfaithfulness

4 firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something

  • never having had much faith in banks, the old miser kept his money under the mattress
Synonyms of faith

confidence, credence, stock, trust
Words Related to faith

acceptance, assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety

credit, dependence (also dependance), hope, reliance
Near Antonyms of faith

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrustfulness, nonconfidence, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty

disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment
Antonyms of faith

distrust, mistrust

5 mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon

  • she has complete faith that the universe is controlled by a benevolent Supreme Being with a master plan
Synonyms of faith

belief, credence, credit
Words Related to faith

axiom, law, precept, principle, tenet

assurance, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness

confidence, dependence (also dependance), reliance, trust

hope

doctrine, dogma, philosophy

dogmatism, fanaticism, insistence
Phrases Synonymous with faith

article of faith
Near Antonyms of faith

distrust, mistrust, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty
Antonyms of faith

disbelief, discredit, doubt, nonbelief, unbelief

Synonym Discussion of faith

belief, faith, credence, credit mean assent to the truth of something offered for acceptance. belief may or may not imply certitude in the believer.
    • my belief that I had caught all the errors
faith almost always implies certitude even where there is no evidence or proof.
    • an unshakable faith in God
credence suggests intellectual assent without implying anything about grounds for assent.
    • a theory now given credence by scientists
credit may imply assent on grounds other than direct proof.
    • gave full credit to the statement of a reputable witness

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