disbelieve

Verb

Meaning

Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

discredit scout question challenge dispute doubt reject deny suspect query wonder dismiss discount distrust disregard
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

reject

Hyponyms

doubt suspect distrust mistrust

Related terms

disbelief

Phrases with the word

disbelieve in

Derivatives

disbelieved disbelieving

Examples

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him. George Orwell

To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia. Michael Novak

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use. William James

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use. Gustave Flaubert

Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas. Pythagoras

We easily disbelieve those things which we desire not. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

disbelief in god disbelievable disbelievably disbelieve in disbelieved disbeliever