Another word for belief
NOUN
Absolute certainty in the trustworthiness of another
See also:Mental acceptance of the truth or actuality of something
See also:Something believed or accepted as true by a person
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Another word for belief
NOUN
Mental conviction
- inference
- idea
- dependence
- reliance
- conception
- guess
- viewpoint
- view
- theory
- apprehension
- notion
- supposition
- presupposition
- fancy
- divination
- theorem
- postulation
- conjecture
- assumption
- impression
- mind
- certainty
- judgment
- deduction
- axiom
- expectation
- assurance
- intuition
- hope
- thinking
- hypothesis
- presumption
- conclusion
- sentiment
- feeling
- knowledge
- thesis
- suspicion
- surmise
- mindset
- assent
- faith
- understanding
- position
- persuasion
- notion
- opinion
- profession
- confidence
- conviction
- avowal
- trust
- acceptance
- credence
- credit
That which is believed
Synonym Study
- Credence suggests mere mental acceptance of something that may have no solid basis in fact See also syn. study at opinion.
- Confidence also suggests such assurance, esp. when based on reason or evidence
- Trust implies assurance, often apparently intuitive, in the reliability of someone or something
- Faith implies complete, unquestioning acceptance of something, esp. something not supported by reason, even in the absence of proof
- Belief , the term of broadest application in this comparison, implies mental acceptance of something as true, even though absolute certainty may be absent
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