believe

I

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To accept as true]

Syn. accept, hold, think, conclude, have faith, be convinced, be certain, be confident, deem, understand, regard, take at one's word, consider, affirm, maintain, be of the opinion, postulate, opine, conceive, give credence to, credit, have no doubt, feel sure, rest assured, swear by, take one's word for, cherish a belief, nurture a belief, keep the faith, be credulous, entertain a belief, hold a belief, attach some weight to, take stock in, put stock in, take on faith, take as gospel, doubt not, buy*, swallow*.

Ant. doubt, deny*, suspect.

2. [To assume]

Syn. suppose, guess, gather; see assume 1 .

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

accept, hold, maintain, presume, know, have faith, swear by, give credence to, trust, suspect, *take as gospel, suppose, assume, guess, surmise.

ANT.: disbelieve, doubt

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To regard (something) as true or real: accept. Slang: buy, swallow. See OPINION. 2. To have confidence in the truthfulness of: credit, trust. Idiom: take at one's word. See OPINION. 3. To have an opinion: consider, deem, hold, opine, think. Informal: figure, judge. Idiom: be of the opinion. See OPINION. 4. To view in a certain way: feel, hold, sense, think. See OPINION. 5. To regard in an appraising way: repute, suppose, think. See BELIEF.