| Main Entry: | credence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trust, acceptance |
Synonyms: |
accepting, admission, admitting, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, dependence, faith, reliance, stock, store |
| 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: | belief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | putting regard in as true |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, confidence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, mindset, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, postulation, presumption, presupposition, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view |
Antonyms: |
disbelief |
| 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, say-so, tenet, theorem, theory |
Antonyms: |
disbelief, nonbelief |
| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | positive assurance |
Synonyms: |
all sewn up, authoritativeness, belief, certitude, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, definiteness, dogmatism, faith, firmness, indubitableness, inevitability, lock*, lockup, open and shut case, positiveness, positivism, rain or shine, setup, shoo-in, staunchness, steadiness, stock, store, sure bet, sure thing, surefire, sureness, surety, trust, validity, wrap-up |
| Notes: | certitude is a measure of a person's positive feeling about something; certainty is a measure of the degree to which a process or development may be realized |
Antonyms: |
ambiguity, doubt, hesitation, questionableness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | confidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in something |
Synonyms: |
assurance, credence, dependence, faith, hope, reliance, stock, store, sure bet, trust |
Antonyms: |
apprehension, distrust, doubt, fear, uncertainty, unconfidence |
| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition; trust |
Synonyms: |
Brownie points, acclaim, acknowledgment, approval, attention, belief, commendation, confidence, credence, distinction, faith, fame, glory, honor, kudos*, merit, notice, pat on the back, points, praise, reliance, strokes, thanks, tribute |
Antonyms: |
disacknowledgement, disapproval, disbelief, disclaimer, discredit, dishonor, disregard, disrespect |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence, reliance |
Synonyms: |
assurance, belief, credence, expectation, faith, hope, interdependence, responsibility, responsibleness, stability, steadiness, stock, trust, trustiness, trustworthiness |
Antonyms: |
freedom, independence, strength |
| Main Entry: | faith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trust in something |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, allegiance, assent, assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, constancy, conviction, credence, credit, credulity, dependence, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, hope, loyalty, reliance, stock, store, sureness, surety, troth, truth, truthfulness |
Antonyms: |
disbelief, distrust, doubt, misgiving, skepticism, suspicion |
| Main Entry: | reliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence |
Synonyms: |
assurance, belief, credence, credit, dependence, faith, hope, interdependence, interdependency, stock, trust |
Antonyms: |
disbelief, independence |
| Main Entry: | trust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in something as true, trustworthy |
Synonyms: |
assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, credence, credit, dependence, entrustment, expectation, faith, gospel truth, hope, positiveness, reliance, stock, store, sureness |
Antonyms: |
disbelief, distrust, mistrust |