Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun believing
1 sense of believing
Sense 1
believing -- (the cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is believing")
=> basic cognitive process -- (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)
Antonyms of verb believe
1 of 5 senses of believe
Sense 1
believe -- (accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits")
Antonym of disbelieve (Sense 1)
=> disbelieve, discredit -- (reject as false; refuse to accept)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb believe
5 senses of believe
Sense 1
believe -- (accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits")
=> accept -- (consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument")
Sense 2
think, believe, consider, conceive -- (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")
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge -- (form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people")
Sense 3
believe, trust -- (be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war")
=> expect, anticipate -- (regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow")
Sense 4
believe -- (follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too")
=> believe -- (accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits")
Sense 5
believe -- (credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?")
=> credit -- (have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of)