believe
Hold as true
To believe something is to accept it as true or real: I believe you, I don't believe in ghosts.
Believe can express confidence in someone's abilities or character: I believe in you.
It also introduces qualified statements: I believe she's coming tomorrow.
Religious belief involves faith in a deity or doctrine.
Believe it or not signals something surprising but true.
Accept as true tentatively
- assumeAccept as true
- presumeAccept without verification
- thinkProcess with the mind
- reckonBelieve or estimate
gather · guess · surmise · imagine · suspect · speculate · conjecture · hypothesis
Trust without proof
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- relianceState of needing support
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
fidelity · honesty · sincerity · faithfulness · trustworthy · reliable · count on · depend on
Deep, loyal commitment
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- divineOf or from gods
sacred · holy · piety · reverence · theology · scripture · salvation · blessing
Picture in thought
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- pictureVisual depiction of something
- fantasizeIndulge in wishful thinking
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
fancy · conceive · imagine · pretend · suppose · daydream · ideate · conjure
Total absence of doubt
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- surenessAbsence of uncertainty
- firmnessResistance to deformation
resolve · determination · persuasion · steadfastness · certitude · unwavering · doubtless · convinced
Desire for good outcomes
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
inspiration · promise · idealism · prospects · sanguine · hopeful · wishful · anticipation
suppose
Accept as true tentatively
reckon · gather · guess · surmise · imagine · suspect · speculate · conjecture · hypothesis · infer
faith
Trust without proof
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- relianceState of needing support
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
loyalty · fidelity · honesty · sincerity · faithfulness · trustworthy · reliable · count on · depend on · confide
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
divine · sacred · holy · piety · reverence · theology · scripture · salvation · blessing · miracle
envision
Picture in thought
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- pictureVisual depiction of something
- fantasizeIndulge in wishful thinking
dream · fancy · conceive · imagine · pretend · suppose · daydream · ideate · conjure · wishful thinking
certainty
Total absence of doubt
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- surenessAbsence of uncertainty
firmness · resolve · determination · persuasion · steadfastness · certitude · unwavering · doubtless · convinced · assertion
hope
Desire for good outcomes
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
encouragement · inspiration · promise · idealism · prospects · sanguine · hopeful · wishful · anticipation · possibility
- regular verbswalk, walked, talk, talked, play
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- encouragementsyou can do it, you got this, you've got this, keep going, keep it up
- mental verbsthink, know, imagine, remember, forget
- tricky spellingsaccommodate, acknowledge, acquaintance, acquire, bureau
believedisbelieve
Refuse to credit
doubt · nonbeliever · unbeliever · disbeliever · reject
believedisbelieve
Refuse to credit
doubt · question · nonbeliever · disbeliever · unbeliever
- believe meAssertion of honesty
- believe inAccept as true
- believe it or notPreface to something improbable
- make believeImaginative fantasy play
- hard to believeDifficult to accept as true
- beyond beliefImpossible to credit
belief, beliefs, believing, unbelievable, believer, disbelief, believed, believable, believers