| Main Entry: | believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trust, rely on |
Synonyms: |
accept, accredit, admit, affirm, attach weight to, be certain of, be convinced of, be credulous, be of the opinion, buy*, conceive, conclude, consider, count on, credit, deem, fall for, give credence to, have, have faith in, have no doubt, hold, keep the faith, lap up, place confidence in, posit, postulate, presume true, presuppose, reckon on, regard, rest assured, suppose, swallow*, swear by, take as gospel, take at one's word, take for granted, take it, think, trust, understand |
Antonyms: |
disbelieve, distrust |
| Main Entry: | believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume or suppose |
Synonyms: |
conjecture, consider, credit, deem, expect, feel, gather, guess, hold, imagine, judge, maintain, postulate, presume, reckon, sense, speculate, suppose, suspect, take, think, understand |
| Main Entry: | believing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trusting |
Synonyms: |
accepting, assuming, certain, convinced, having faith, having faith, positive, presuming, sure, undoubting |
Antonyms: |
disbelieving, doubtful, doubting, mistrustful, uncertain, unsure, untrusting |
| Main Entry: | apprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
Synonyms: |
absorb, accept, appreciate, believe, catch, comprehend, conceive, digest, fathom, get, get the picture, grasp, have, imagine, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, sense, think |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | certain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confident |
Synonyms: |
assertive, assured, believing, calm, cocksure, convinced, positive, questionless, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-confident, sure, unconcerned, undisturbed, undoubtful, undoubting, unperturbed, untroubled |
Antonyms: |
doubtful, doubting, hesitant, uncertain, unconfident, unsure |
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, maintain property or right |
Synonyms: |
adduce, advance, allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, exact, have dibs on something, hit, hit up, hold, hold out for, insist, justify, knock, lay claim to, need, pick up, pop the question, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, stake out, take, uphold, vindicate |
Antonyms: |
deny, disclaim, question |
| Main Entry: | conceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
Synonyms: |
accept, appreciate, apprehend, assume, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, deem, dig, envisage, expect, fancy, feel, follow, gather, get, grasp, imagine, judge, perceive, realize, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, twig |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand, not believe |
| Main Entry: | conjecture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speculate |
Synonyms: |
assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, figure, gather, glean, guess, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, take a shot, take a stab, take for granted, theorize, think |
Antonyms: |
prove |
| Main Entry: | consider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard a certain way |
Synonyms: |
analyze, appraise, bear in mind, believe, care for, count, credit, deem, estimate, feel, hold, hold an opinion, judge, keep in view, look upon, make allowance for, reckon with, reflect, remember, respect, sense, set down, suppose, take for, take into account, think, think of, view |
Antonyms: |
abandon, dismiss, disregard, ignore, leave, reject |
| Main Entry: | count on/count upon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend on; rely |
Synonyms: |
aim for, bank on, bargain for, believe, believe in, bet bottom dollar, bet on, expect from, heed, lean on, pin faith on, place confidence in, plan on, reckon on, rest on, score, stake on, swear by, tab, take as gospel truth, take for granted, take on trust, trust |
Antonyms: |
disbelieve, distrust, not expect |