Synonyms for faith
Most common
belief trust confidence conviction religion doctrine loyalty
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Belief — A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation
belief, trust, confidence, conviction, hope, credit, promise, credulity, assurance, word, reliance, credence, dependence
2. Religion
religion, doctrine, dogma, creed, organized religion, organised religion UK, persuasion, nationality
3. Loyalty
loyalty, faithfulness, constancy, fidelity dated, troth dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
- n. 2
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
Have faith in him, buddy.
- n. 3
A religious or spiritual belief system.
We seek justice for the Indo-European Folk Faith; what's wrong in our literature for that?
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- faiths → beliefs, trusts, confidences, convictions…
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Faith is a union of belief and trust. Faith is chiefly personal; belief may be quite impersonal; we speak of belief of a proposition, faith in a promise, because the promise emanates from a person.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- trust Trust people, but don't take candy from strangers.
- confidence Tom said he didn't have the confidence to do that.
- belief She helped him in the belief that he was innocent.
- conviction An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
- religion Catholics could not openly observe their religion.
- doctrine Tom has a doctrine of "not rocking the boat".
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| faith | rising | |
| trust | rising | |
| confidence | steady | |
| belief | rising | |
| conviction | falling | |
| religion | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hope1, word1
- 5 letters
- trust1, creed1, dogma2, troth1
- 6 letters
- credit2, belief2
- 7 letters
- promise2, loyalty3
- 8 letters
- religion3, doctrine2, reliance3, fidelity4, credence2
- 9 letters
- assurance3, constancy3, credulity4
- 10 letters
- confidence3, conviction3, dependence3, persuasion3
- 11 letters
- nationality5
- 12 letters
- faithfulness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dogma2 = 2 syllables).