believe
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
accept as true; take to be true
I believed his report
Types & categories
- accept hypernym
- understand hyponym
- swallow hyponym
- buy hyponym
- believe hyponym
- trust hyponym
- believe in hyponym
Related & opposite
- disbelieve antonym
- belief derivation
- believer derivation
- credible derivation
Sense 2 verb
judge or regard; look upon; judge
I think he is very smart
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- consideration derivation
- thought derivation
- opinion derivation
- consideration derivation
Sense 3 verb
be confident about something
I believe that he will come back from the war
Types & categories
- expect hypernym
Related & opposite
- reliance derivation
- impression derivation
- believer derivation
Sense 4 verb
follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer
When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too
Types & categories
- believe hypernym
- misbelieve hyponym
Related & opposite
- worshipper derivation
- faith domain topic
Sense 5 verb
credit with veracity
You cannot believe this man
Types & categories
- credit hypernym
Related & opposite
- credible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | disbelieve |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | belief |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | believer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | credible |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | accept |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | understand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swallow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | buy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | believe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trust |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | believe in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consideration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thought |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | opinion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consideration |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass judgment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rethink |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | think |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | repute |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | feel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | regard |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reliance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | impression |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | believer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expect |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | worshipper |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | faith |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | believe |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | misbelieve |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | credible |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | credit |