Synonyms for belief
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Noun
1. Faith
faith, opinion, religion, conviction, tenet, notion, trust, article of faith, dogma, idea, doctrine, principle, thinking, confidence, presumption, mind, creed, credence, judgment US, judgement UK, reliance, impression, feeling
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Definitions
- n. 1
Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
It's my belief that the thief is somebody known to us.
Related words
- Word family
- believe
- Phrases
- core belief basic belief beggar belief belief system foundational belief
Forms
- Plural
- beliefs → faiths, opinions, religions, convictions…
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A doctrine or dogma is a statement of some one item of belief; a creed is a summary of doctrines or dogmas. Dogma has commonly, at the present day, an offensive signification, as of a belief arrogantly asserted.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- opinion An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
- faith All the members but me have faith in what he says.
- religion Catholics could not openly observe their religion.
- conviction An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
- acceptance Self-acceptance is the basis of an authentic life.
- intuition Tom has a prophetic level of paranoid intuition.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| belief | rising | |
| opinion | falling | |
| faith | rising | |
| religion | rising | |
| conviction | falling | |
| acceptance | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- idea3, mind1
- 5 letters
- trust1, faith1, creed1, dogma2, tenet2
- 6 letters
- credit2, notion2, assent2
- 7 letters
- feeling2, opinion3
- 8 letters
- thinking2, religion3, judgment2, doctrine2, reliance3, credence2
- 9 letters
- principle3, judgement2, intuition4
- 10 letters
- confidence3, impression3, acceptance3, conviction3
- 11 letters
- presumption3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idea3 = 3 syllables).