Synonyms for opinion
noun
A belief
belief, notion, view, viewpoint, sentiment, conviction, persuasion, conception, idea, surmise, impression,
inference, conjecture, inclination, feeling, fancy, imagining,
supposition, suspicion, notion, assumption, guess, theory,
thesis, theorem, postulate, hypothesis, point of view,
presumption, presupposition, mind; see also
belief 1, viewpoint.
A considered judgment
estimation, appraisal, evaluation, conclusion; see judgment
3, verdict.
opinion applies to a conclusion or judgment which, while it remains open to dispute, seems true or probable to one's own mind it's my opinion that he'll agree; belief refers to the mental acceptance of an idea or conclusion, often a doctrine or dogma proposed to one for acceptance religious beliefs; view suggests an opinion affected by one's personal manner of looking at things she gave us her views on life; a conviction is a strong belief about whose truth one has no doubts I have a conviction of your innocence; sentiment (often in the plural) suggests an opinion that is the result of deliberation but is colored with emotion; persuasion refers to a strong belief that is unshakable because one wishes to believe in its truth
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opinion view sentiment feeling belief conviction persuasion
These nouns signify something a person believes or accepts as being sound or true. Opinion is applicable to a judgment based on grounds insufficient to rule out the possibility of dispute: “A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible” (Woodrow Wilson).
View stresses individuality of outlook: “My view is . . . that freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have or the views they express” (Hugo L. Black).
Sentiment and especially feeling stress the role of emotion as a determinant: “If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences . . . reason is of no use to us” (George Washington). “There needs protection . . . against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling” (John Stuart Mill).
A belief is a conclusion to which one subscribes strongly: “Our belief in any particular natural law cannot have a safer basis than our unsuccessful critical attempts to refute it” (Karl Popper).
Conviction is belief that excludes doubt: “the editor's own conviction of what, whether interesting or only important, is in the public interest” (Walter Lippmann).
Persuasion applies to a confidently held opinion: “He had a strong persuasion that Likeman was wrong” (H.G. Wells).
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