believes

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trust, rely on v.
assume or suppose v.

VERB

trust, rely on

Synonyms

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accept admit conclude consider have hold regard suppose think trust understand

STRONG

accredit affirm buy conceive credit deem posit postulate presuppose swallow

WEAK

attach weight to be certain of be convinced of be credulous be of the opinion count on fall for give credence to have faith in have no doubt keep the faith lap up place confidence in presume true reckon on rest assured swear by take as gospel take at one's word take for granted take it

Antonyms

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abandon deny disbelieve discard dismiss dispute disregard exclude forget ignore neglect refuse reject

WEAK

distrust

VERB

assume or suppose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consider expect feel hold maintain presume speculate suppose suspect take think understand

STRONG

conjecture credit deem gather guess imagine judge postulate reckon sense

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon abstain desert disbelieve discard disregard forget ignore know misunderstand neglect reject stop

STRONG

calculate

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distrust

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believes

Cruise’s character is an intentional parallel to his own cinema-championing schtick, an actor who believes every scene he’s in should carry some semblance of the truth.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Still, the portfolio manager believes that lower-duration, more credit-sensitive assets continue to offer a more attractive risk-return for investors than traditional fixed income.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Yet Colas believes this hollowing-out has left the market in a fragile state.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026

He is struggling to reconcile the man who he believes killed his sister with the man he has known and loved for nearly 40 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Shapin and Schaffer, however, want to turn Hobbes into a seventeenth-century Wittgensteinian, someone who believes that all knowledge is conventional and constructed.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton