Antonyms for believe
bɪˈlivbe·lieve

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. believeverb

   Antonyms:
   distrust, doubt, doubt, mistrust, surmise, suspect

   Synonyms:
   confide in, depend on, depend upon, rely on, rely upon, trust

Matched Categories

1. • Accept
   • Believe
   • Credit
   • Expect
   • Judge
   • Religion

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. believeverb

   accept as true; take to be true

   "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"

   Antonyms:
   discredit, disbelieve

   Synonyms:
   consider, trust, conceive, think

2. think, believe, consider, conceiveverb

   judge or regard; look upon; judge

   "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

   Antonyms:
   discredit, disbelieve

   Synonyms:
   cerebrate, conceptualize, suppose, mean, reckon, debate, trust, weigh, view, conceptualise, deliberate, take, study, call up, see, guess, deal, moot, think, intend, opine, recollect, imagine, count, recall, turn over, call back, regard, gestate, consider, remember, cogitate, retrieve, conceive, look at

3. believe, trustverb

   be confident about something

   "I believe that he will come back from the war"

   Antonyms:
   disbelieve, discredit

   Synonyms:
   rely, desire, hope, commit, confide, intrust, bank, conceive, trust, consider, think, swear, entrust

4. believeverb

   follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer

   "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"

   Antonyms:
   disbelieve, discredit

   Synonyms:
   consider, trust, conceive, think

5. believeverb

   credit with veracity

   "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"

   Antonyms:
   disbelieve, discredit

   Synonyms:
   consider, trust, conceive, think

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. decadentadjective

   accept as true; take to be true

   accept as true; take to be true

   Submitted by hfu656027 on September 9, 2021  

2. dhow

   accept as true; take to be true

   we didn't believe his stories from the war

   Submitted by Jack.Morgan25 on April 22, 2019  

3. expressly

   accept as true take to be true

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

4. horrendous

   accept as true; take to be true

   "we didn't believe his stories from the war"

   Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017  

5. rarity

   accept as true:take to be true

   we didn't believe this story from the war.

   Submitted by rinat on September 23, 2019  

6. sphere of influence

   accept as true; take to be true

   "we didn't believe his stories from the war"

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

7. striving

   accept as true; take to be true

   "we didn't believe his stories from the war"

   Submitted by anonymous on November 21, 2019  

8. trust

   accept as true; take to be true

   "we didn't believe his stories from the war"

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

9. truth

   accept as true

   we didn’t believe his stories form the war

   Submitted by rinat on September 22, 2019  

How to use believe in a sentence?

1. Dan Coats:

   The warning signs are there. The system is blinking. It is why I believe we are at a critical point, today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack.

2. Gavin Newsom:

   I urge all of you living in Florida to join the fight -- or join us in California, where we still believe in freedom : Freedom of speech, freedom to choose, freedom from hate, and the freedom to love.

3. Simon Newman:

   I believe Los Angeles is the right course of action for the Mount at this time.

4. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew:

   I just do not believe that we can let three and a half million Americans descend into chaos.

5. Kevin Dick:

   People want to believe things that are more sensational, and we know that in social media, misinformation that's sensational moves more rapidly than a true story.

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