Belief

What do we mean by belief?

The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another. noun

Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something. noun

Something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or a body of tenets accepted by a group of persons. noun

Confidence reposed in any person or thing; faith; trust: as, a child's belief in his parents. noun

A conviction of the truth of a given proposition or an alleged fact, resting upon grounds insufficient to constitute positive knowledge. noun

Persuasion of the truth of a proposition, but with the consciousness that the positive evidence for it is insufficient or wanting; especially, assurance of the truth of what rests chiefly or solely upon authority. noun

That which is believed; an object of belief. noun

The whole body of tenets held by the professors of any faith. noun

A creed; a formula embodying the essential doctrines of a religion or a church. noun

Synonyms and Opinion, Conviction, etc. (see persuasion); credence, trust, credit, confidence. Doctrine. noun

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence. noun

A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith. noun

The thing believed; the object of belief. noun

A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed. noun

A first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition. noun

Mental acceptance of a claim as truth regardless of supporting or contrary empirical evidence. noun

Something believed. noun

The quality or state of believing. noun

Religious faith. noun

One's religious or moral convictions. noun

Mental acceptance of a claim as true.

Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.

Something believed.

The quality or state of believing.

Religious faith.

(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.

Words that are spelled similarly to belief:
belief, relief, belied, belies, belie, belier.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word belief:
afterlife, ethiopian, witchcraft, beliefs, resurrection, christianity, supernatural, justified, spirits, god, salvation, deity, practiced, divine, gods, faith, religion, judaism, orthodox, doctrine, jesus, christ, protestant, humanity, spiritual, islam, moral, believe, worship, truth, heaven, existence, evil, religious, bible, soul, false, muslim, true, desire, should, spirit, knowledge.

Words that rhyme with belief:
leaf, relief, brief, motif, thief, chief, grief, beef, reef, saif, debrief, sheaf, massif, leitmotif, lief, aperitif, fief, disbelief, reif, sharif, cloverleaf, bas-relief, leif, prief, seif, elongate leaf, bay leaf, coral reef, greif, interleaf, gold leaf, keef, kief, seed leaf, commander in chief, fig leaf, tea leaf, ground beef, in brief, rief, roast beef, high relief, matif, sneak thief, longleaf, okeeffe, barrier reef, greenleaf, arab chief, graef, low relief, police chief, naef, fire chief, painted leaf, half relief, keefe, reiff, compound leaf, tribal chief, cattle thief, bible leaf, bully beef, cut of beef, neef, okeefe, legal brief, walking leaf, corn beef, floral leaf, stief, indian chief, scale leaf, side of beef, lobed leaf, grefe, entire leaf, satin leaf, seife, lanceolate leaf, paint leaf, obtuse leaf, serrate leaf, oakleaf, simple leaf, japanese leaf, flannel leaf, parted leaf, linear leaf, ovate leaf, graeff, oblong leaf, graefe, greiff, hafif, hochtief, keeffe, knief, mccleaf, pittencrieff.

Adjectives that are often used to describe belief:
religious, popular, common, general, firm, christian, widespread, strong, false, true, held, traditional, personal, ancient, universal, erroneous, fundamental, sincere, basic, rational, current, superstitious, mere, reasonable, justified, profound, implicit, orthodox, naive, deep, mistaken, genuine, prevalent, primitive, blind, honest, irrational, confident, shared, underlying, passionate, theistic, optimistic, catholic, vague, absolute, persistent, unshakable, fixed, hindu, theological, fervent, correct, instinctive, islamic, prior, rooted, conventional, dogmatic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective belief:
desire, intention, based, function, sentences, contravening, system, systems, value, the, defense, action, disbelief, question, behavior, things, sampling, desireintention, ascription, contexts, instincts, adjustment.

Consonant match to belief:
bailiff, bay leaf, beloff, bail if, ball if, ball off, bayliff, bell if, bell off, bill if, bowl off, buy life, by life.

Words that sound like belief:
belief, bay leaf, beloff, believe, billy, beliefs, billie, bailiff, beleave, bily, billi, bailif, bhili, bili-, billye, boil-off, boiloff, belly, beli, belli, belley, belee, below, bully, bluff, bailey, behalf, bali, belie, billow, bally, belove, baily, belay, baylee, bailee, bayley, bolly, billa, bluf, baley, balli, bolf, bailie, billowy, boli, baillie, boley, baylie, bulli, bowley, billo, bellew, bouley, balf, bayly, bili, bailly, booly, balfe, behoof, belleau, blaff, pilaff, bully off, billete, bischof, baali, bolli, bawley, belleek, bilyeu, billy-o, bailli, bhilai, bolye, bully-off, pilaf, pilf, pilli, pull off, peel off, pull-off, pili-, bella, belive, bellow, bello, bela, baloo, ballou, balu, bellah, belew, bellay, balai, belah, balise, belau, beleft.