BELIEVE - 54 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

Synonyms and antonyms of believe in English

believe

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TO BELIEVE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING

Can we believe a word of what this man says?

Synonyms and examples

accept
Most people accept what the newspapers say as being correct.
credit
It’s hard to credit that she’s 87.
swallow
informal
I personally find it hard to swallow the official narrative.
buy
informal
When it comes to global warming, he doesn't buy it, and is out to discredit the whole theory.
fall for
informal
People are too savvy to fall for that nowadays.
assume
When she wasn't home I assumed she was at work.
suppose
I suppose I'm being oversensitive.

Antonym and example

disbelieve
formal
She chooses to disbelieve the evidence.
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To believe someone or something means to think something is true, or to think that what someone says is true.
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believe | American Thesaurus

believe

verb
These are words and phrases related to believe. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of believe.
Synonyms for believe from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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