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Disbelieve

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

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Distrust 76% connected

To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistru…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Doubt 76% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Mistrust 76% connected

Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Suspect 76% connected

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Synonym 1

Discredit 92% connected

The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Believe 94% connected

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arg…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Believe 94% connected

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arg…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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