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belief - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: belief
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something regarded as true
Synonyms: assumption, concept, credence, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, faith, fundamental, gospel, gospel truth*, hypothesis, idea, ideology, law, opinion, postulate, precept, principle, tenet, theorem, theory, say-so
Antonyms: disbelief, nonbelief
Main Entry: credence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: trust, acceptance
Synonyms: admission, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, faith, reliance, stock, store, accepting, admitting, dependence
Notes: something is credible to the extent that it is worthy of belief, so that credibility is worthiness of belief; credence is an acknowledgment of such worthiness
Antonyms: distrust, faithlessness
Main Entry: doctrine
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: opinion; principle
Synonyms: article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, credenda, implantation, inculcation, universal law, unwritten rule
Antonyms: disbelief, skepticism, heterodoxy, unbelief
Main Entry: estimate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: approximate calculation; educated guess
Synonyms: appraisal, assay, assessment, ballpark figure*, belief, conclusion, conjecture, estimation, evaluation, guess, impression, judgment, measure, measurement, mensuration, opinion, point of view, projection, rating, reckoning, stock, surmise, survey, thought, valuation, appraisement, gauging, guesstimate, sizing up
Main Entry: ethics/ethic
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: moral philosophy, values
Synonyms: belief, conduct, conscience, convention, decency, goodness, honesty, honor, ideal, imperative, integrity, moral code, morality, mores, nature, practice, rules of conduct, standard, conventionalities, criteria, ethos, natural law, principles, right and wrong, standards, the Golden Rule
Antonyms: corruption, immorality
Main Entry: expectancy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: anticipation
Synonyms: assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, confidence, conjecture, expectation, hope, likelihood, outlook, prediction, presentation, presentiment, presumption, probability, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward, waiting
Main Entry: gospel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fact, doctrine
Synonyms: actuality, authority, belief, certainty, credo, creed, dogma, faith, last word, testament, truism, truth, veracity, verity, scripture
Antonyms: hypothesis, theory
Main Entry: hope
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: longing; dream
Synonyms: Utopia, achievement, ambition, anticipation, aspiration, assumption, belief, bright side, buoyancy, castles in air, concern, confidence, daydream, dependence, desire, endurance, expectancy, expectation, faith, fancy, fool's paradise, fortune, gain, goal, greedy glutton, hopefulness, light at end of tunnel, optimism, pipe dream*, promise, promised land*, prospect, reliance, reverie, reward, rosiness, sanguineness, security, stock, thing with feathers, wish
Antonyms: despair, disbelief, discouragement, hopelessness, pessimism
Main Entry: hypothesis
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: theory
Synonyms: antecedent, assignment, assumption, axiom, basis, belief, conclusion, condition, conjecture, data, deduction, demonstration, derivation, explanation, foundation, ground, guess, inference, interpretation, layout, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, principle, proposal, proposition, rationale, reason, scheme, shot in the dark*, speculation, suggestion, supposition, surmise, system, term, theorem, thesis, apriority, attribution, lemma, presupposition, starting point, tentative law
Antonyms: measurement, proof, reality, truth, calcualtion
Main Entry: lore
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: myths, traditional wisdom
Synonyms: adage, belief, custom, doctrine, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fable, folklore, information, knowledge, learning, legend, mythology, saga, saying, scholarship, science, superstition, tale, teaching, tradition, letters, mythos, saw
Main Entry: maxim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: saying
Synonyms: adage, aphorism, axiom, belief, byword, canon, commonplace, device, dictum, epithet, formula, law, moral, motto, platitude, precept, prescript, proverb, rule, tenet, theorem, truism, apophthegm, brocard, saw
Main Entry: mind-set
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental attitude
Synonyms: air, approach, belief, character, demeanor, disposition, frame of mind, inclination, mental state, mood, opinion, perspective, philosophy, point of view, position, sentiment, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temperament, view, headset, mental outlook, way of thinking
Main Entry: mythology
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: folklore
Synonyms: belief, conviction, legend, lore, tradition, folk tales, mythicism, mythos, myths, stories
Antonyms: actuality, history, reality, truth
Main Entry: piety
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: devotion, religiousness
Synonyms: allegiance, application, ardor, belief, duty, faith, fealty, fervor, fidelity, godliness, grace, holiness, loyalty, obedience, passion, religion, reverence, sanctity, veneration, zeal, devoutness, docility, dutifulness, religiosity
Antonyms: impiety, irreverence
Main Entry: reliance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: confidence
Synonyms: assurance, belief, credence, credit, faith, hope, stock, trust, dependence, interdependence, interdependency
Antonyms: disbelief, independence
Main Entry: sure thing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: certain thing
Synonyms: belief, certainty, cinch, destiny, foregone conclusion, lock*, surety, all sewn up, cert, dead certainty, definiteness, open and shut case, open-and-shut case, positiveness, rain or shine, safe bet, shoo-in, shoo-in, small risk, sure bet, surefire
Main Entry: theorem
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: explanation based on hypothesis and experiments
Synonyms: assumption, axiom, belief, deduction, dictum, doctrine, formula, fundamental, law, postulate, principle, proposition, rule, statement, theory, thesis, principium
Antonyms: fact, proof
Main Entry: tradition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: established practice
Synonyms: attitude, belief, birthright, conclusion, convention, culture, custom, customs, ethics, fable, folklore, form, habit, heritage, idea, inheritance, institution, law, legend, lore, mores, myth, mythology, opinion, practice, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage, wisdom, ethic, mythos
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