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. Qu Hongbin:

   We believe more policy easing is still warranted at the current stage to support growth.

2. Will Heath/NBC:

   Russia has deployed 90,000 troops to its border with Ukraine leading many people to believe Vladimir Putin plans to invade the country, no offense to Ukraine, but why? Is Russia running low on tracksuits and counterfeit cologne?

3. Joe Concha:

   Because Joe Biden’s ban comes from good, decent place in an effort to save lives, while Trump just did it as an excuse to ban people from coming here, as utterly sophomoric and ridiculous as those arguments are in applying motive, there are actually enough viewers and readers out there willing to believe it.

4. Anjali Sud:

   I absolutely believe (Vimeo) can be as big as Tinder, i very much believe there is plenty of opportunity for growth and all the signs that we see I think are proving that.

5. Josh Mandel:

   I get attacked by my opponents for saying this, but I believe it very strongly and so I want to say it up here: I believe the election was stolen from Donald J. Trump.

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