It is a prevalent belief, according to a nationwide poll in the United States, that Muslims are linked with terrorism.
Source: tatoeba (1958)
Belief
//bɪˈliːf//
Synonyms for "belief" (104 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (52)
Related word relations
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More general
5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
is a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
272 translations across 75 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- besimet noun (religious or moral convictions)
- besimi noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- besimi noun (something believed)
- besimi noun (religious faith)
Arabic
3 entries- إيمان noun (religious or moral convictions)
- اِعْتِقَاد noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- عقيدَة noun (religious faith)
Armenian
4 entries- համոզմունք noun (something believed)
- համոզմունք noun (religious or moral convictions)
- հավատ noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- վստահություն noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Asturian
4 entries- creencia noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- creencia noun (something believed)
- creyencia noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- creyencia noun (something believed)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- inanc noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- inanc noun (something believed)
- inanc noun (religious faith)
Belarusian
1 entries- ве́ра noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вя́ра noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- вя́ра noun (religious faith)
- вяра noun (the quality or state of believing)
- вяра noun (religious or moral convictions)
Catalan
4 entries- creença noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- creença noun (something believed)
- creença noun (the quality or state of believing)
- creença noun (religious faith)
Central Kurdish
4 entries- باوەر noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- باوەر noun (religious faith)
- بروا noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- بڕوا noun (religious faith)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎪᎯᏳᏗ noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- ᎪᎯᏳᏗ noun (something believed)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 信仰 noun (religious faith)
- 信心 noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- 信念 noun (something believed)
- 信教 noun (religious faith)
Church Slavic
1 entries- вѣра noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Czech
4 entries- přesvědčení noun (religious or moral convictions)
- víra noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- víra noun (something believed)
- víra noun (the quality or state of believing)
Dalmatian
1 entries- faid noun (religious faith)
Danish
1 entries- tro noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Dutch
4 entries- geloof noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- geloof noun (something believed)
- geloof noun (the quality or state of believing)
- geloof noun (religious faith)
Esperanto
2 entries- konvinko noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- kredo noun (something believed)
Estonian
4 entries- lootus noun (the quality or state of believing)
- usk noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- usk noun (something believed)
- usk noun (the quality or state of believing)
Faroese
2 entries- trúgv noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- trúgv noun (religious faith)
Finnish
4 entries- luottamus noun (the quality or state of believing)
- usko noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- usko noun (something believed)
- usko noun (the quality or state of believing)
French
4 entries- conviction noun (the quality or state of believing)
- croyance noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- croyance noun (religious faith)
- foi noun (religious faith)
Friulian
1 entries- crodince noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Galician
4 entries- crenza noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- crenza noun (something believed)
- crenza noun (the quality or state of believing)
- crenza noun (religious faith)
Georgian
4 entries- დაჯერება noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- მრწამსი noun (something believed)
- მრწამსი noun (religious faith)
- რწმენა noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
German
4 entries- Glaube noun (something believed)
- Glaube noun (the quality or state of believing)
- Glauben noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- Glauben noun (religious faith)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Greek
4 entries- δοξασία noun (something believed)
- δοξασία noun (the quality or state of believing)
- δόγμα noun (something believed)
- δόγμα noun (the quality or state of believing)
Hebrew
1 entries- האמנה noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Hindi
4 entries- आस्था noun (religious faith)
- आस्था noun (religious or moral convictions)
- धारणा noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- विश्वास noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Hungarian
4 entries- hiedelem noun (something believed)
- hit noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- hit noun (something believed)
- hit noun (religious or moral convictions)
Indonesian
2 entries- kepercayaan noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- keyakinan noun (religious faith)
Ingrian
1 entries- katsomus noun (religious or moral convictions)
Interlingua
1 entries- credentia noun (something believed)
Italian
4 entries- convinzione noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- convinzione noun (the quality or state of believing)
- convinzioni noun (religious or moral convictions)
- credenza noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Japanese
4 entries- 信仰 noun (religious faith)
- 信念 noun (something believed)
- 信条 noun (something believed)
- 確信 noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Kazakh
1 entries- сенім noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Khmer
1 entries- ជំនឿ noun (religious faith)
Korean
4 entries- 믿음 noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- 믿음 noun (something believed)
- 믿음 noun (religious faith)
- 바람 noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- диний ишеним noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- ишеним noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- ишенич noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- ишенүү noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Latin
2 entries- fides noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- fides noun (religious faith)
Latvian
1 entries- ticība noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Macedonian
1 entries- вера noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Malayalam
2 entries- വിശ്വാസം noun (religious faith)
- വിശ്വാസം noun (religious or moral convictions)
Mongolian
1 entries- итгэл noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Navajo
2 entries- oodlą́ noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- oodlą́ʼ (sheʼoodlą́ʼ, my belief) noun (religious faith)
Norman
2 entries- crianche noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- crianche noun (religious faith)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bawer noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Occitan
1 entries- cresença noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- вѣра noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Old English
4 entries- ġelēafa noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- ġelēafa noun (something believed)
- ġelēafa noun (the quality or state of believing)
- ġelēafa noun (religious faith)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ایمان noun (religious faith)
- دین noun (religious faith)
Persian
4 entries- اعتقاد noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- باور noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- باور noun (something believed)
- باور noun (the quality or state of believing)
Polish
4 entries- przekonanie noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- przekonanie noun (something believed)
- wiara noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- wiara noun (something believed)
Portuguese
4 entries- crença noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- crença noun (something believed)
- crença noun (the quality or state of believing)
- crença noun (religious faith)
Quechua
1 entries- iñi noun (religious faith)
Romanian
4 entries- convicțiune noun (the quality or state of believing)
- convingere noun (the quality or state of believing)
- credință noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- credință noun (religious faith)
Russian
4 entries- ве́ра noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- ве́ра noun (something believed)
- ве́ра noun (religious faith)
- ве́рование noun (religious faith)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- barail noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- barail noun (the quality or state of believing)
- beachd noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- beachd noun (the quality or state of believing)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- uverenje noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
- uvjerenje noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
- vera noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- vera noun (something believed)
Slovak
1 entries- viera noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Slovene
1 entries- vera noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ижениш noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Spanish
3 entries- creencia noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- creencia noun (religious faith)
- fe noun (religious faith)
Swedish
4 entries- tro noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- tro noun (something believed)
- tro noun (the quality or state of believing)
- tro noun (religious faith)
Tagalog
2 entries- paniniwala noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- paniwala noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Tajik
2 entries- бовар noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- эътиқод noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Tamil
1 entries- நம்பிக்கை noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Telugu
4 entries- నమ్మకము noun (something believed)
- నమ్మకము noun (the quality or state of believing)
- మతవిశ్వాశం noun (religious faith)
- విశ్వాసము noun (something believed)
Udmurt
1 entries- оскон noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ві́ра noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
- віра noun (religious faith)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئېتىقاد noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Uzbek
1 entries- eʻtiqod noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Walloon
1 entries- creyance noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Zazaki
1 entries- bawer noun (mental acceptance of a claim as truth)
Zulu
1 entries- ukholo noun (religious faith)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Joan of Arc refused to renounce her belief that the voice she heard was from God and none other.
Source: tatoeba (1975)
Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.
Source: tatoeba (2262)
Nothing can ever stagger her belief.
Source: tatoeba (25300)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.