buying it
Falling for it
Buying it means accepting something as true or believable: I told her I was sick, but she wasn't buying it.
The metaphor treats belief as a transaction—you either purchase the claim or refuse to pay.
In military and action contexts, buying it means dying: He bought it in the second wave of the assault.
Firmly believing something
- persuadedLed to believe
- swayedMoved or persuaded
- won overGained someone's support
- soldExchanged for money
assured · confident · trusting · accepting · receptive · credulous · impressionable · susceptible
Innocently unsuspecting
- gullibleEasily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
- easily fooledSusceptible to deception
taken in · duped · suckered · hoodwinked · bamboozled · fooled · deceived · fell for it
Able to persuade
- plausibleAppearing worthy of belief
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- believableAble to convince
persuasive · coherent · logical · sound · valid · making sense · adding up · holding water
Not yet believing
- doubtfulUncertain of truth
- skepticalInclined to question claims
- suspiciousInclined to distrust
- incredulousExpressing unwillingness to believe
disbelieving · questioning · dubious · leery · wary · distrustful · seeing through · smelling a rat
convinced
Firmly believing something
sold · assured · confident · trusting · accepting · receptive · credulous · impressionable · susceptible · faith
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
- gullibleEasily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
easily fooled · taken in · duped · suckered · hoodwinked · bamboozled · fooled · deceived · fell for it · hook line and sinker
convincing
Able to persuade
- plausibleAppearing worthy of belief
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
believable · persuasive · coherent · logical · sound · valid · making sense · adding up · holding water · checking out
unconvinced
Not yet believing
- doubtfulUncertain of truth
- skepticalInclined to question claims
- suspiciousInclined to distrust
incredulous · disbelieving · questioning · dubious · leery · wary · distrustful · seeing through · smelling a rat · on the fence
buying itsurviving
Remaining alive or intact
making it · pulling through · living · cheating death · walking away