Synonyms for believe
All synonyms
Verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
I believe there are faeries.
Related words
- Word family
- believability believable believer believingly belief
- Phrases
- make-believe believe me believe you me
Forms
- Past participle
- believed
e.g. believed → guessed, supposed, presumed, imagined…
Example sentences
- think You can't expect me to always think of everything!
- understand I understand now why he didn't go to a university.
- guess I guess the time of reckoning has arrived at last.
- suppose I suppose we're a little too indulgent to the dog.
- trust Trust people, but don't take candy from strangers.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| believe | steady | |
| think | rising | |
| understand | rising | |
| guess | rising | |
| suppose | rising | |
| trust | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- see1, buy1
- 4 letters
- take1, feel1, hold1, deem1
- 5 letters
- think1, guess1, trust1, judge1, opine2
- 6 letters
- credit2, divine2, esteem2, reckon2
- 7 letters
- imagine3, receive2, suppose2, swallow2, presume2, surmise2
- 8 letters
- consider3, conceive2
- 10 letters
- understand3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (opine2 = 2 syllables).