BELIEF, BELIEVABLE, BELIEVABLY, BELIEVE, BELIEVED, BELIEVER, BELIEVING
ADJECTIVES
..950 — LEAFFUL believing, faithful → obs.
1175 — BELIEFFUL believing, full of faith → arch.
1382 — LEVEABLE that may be believed or trusted; credible, trustworthy → obs.
1480 — CREABLE easy to believe, credible → obs.
1554 — CREDITWORTHY deserving to be believed, credible, trustworthy
1579 — CREDENT credible, believable
1584 — CREDULENT inclined to believe, esp. on weak or insufficient grounds; credulous
1604 — CREDENT believing, trustful
1823 — NOTIONAL inclined to believe, of the opinion → Amer. dial.
1848 — OMNIFIDEL believing everything; holding all creeds
1864 — CREDENCIVE ready to believe
1898 — BELEFT believed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1934 — FULL OF SHIT not to be believed or trusted → sl.
1995 — AL not to be believed (Always Lying) → US sl.
ADVERBS
1579 — CREDENTLY credibly, believably
NOUNS
..950 — LEVE belief, faith → obs.
1380 — CREANCE a believing; belief, trust, confidence, credence → obs.
1440 — WANTROWING faint belief, mistrust → obs.
1532 — STRONGHOLD a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld
1533 — LEVING a believing → obs.
1548 — BELIEFFULNESS the quality of being full of belief or faith → arch
1569 — CREDIT something believed as true; a belief; a report → obs.
1586 — CREDULENCY ready belief, credulity → obs.
1601 — CREDENDA things to be believed; matters of faith
1641 — CREDENDS things to be believed; matters of faith
1648 — CREDENCY belief in the truth of something; a belief
1650 — CREDULENCE ready belief, credulity
1785 — MOON-BELIEF a fickle or unstable belief → Eng. dial.
1819 — CREED belief, faith
1822 — CRANKUM a twist, eccentric turn, a perverse belief, conceit
1839 — CREDENCIVENESS readiness to believe
1842 — DOXA belief or opinion; the body of established or unquestioned attitudes or beliefs held generally within a particular society, group, etc.
1845 — OMNICREDULITY capacity of believing anything whatever; universal credulity
1858 — ICONOCLASM the attacking or overthrow of venerated institutions and cherished beliefs, regarded as fallacious or superstitious
1873 — ABERGLAUBE belief beyond what is certain and verifiable
1965 — WHEEZE a false belief → US sl.
1970 — FACTOID a popular belief or assumption; a presumed fact of dubious validity → Amer. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
1340 — LEVER a believer → obs.
1609 — CREDITOR a person who gives credence to something; a believer → obs.
1616 — CREDENT a person who believes; a believer
1653 — FAITHFULLIST a believer → obs.
1842 — ICONOCLAST a person who assails or attacks cherished beliefs or venerated institutions on the ground that they are erroneous or pernicious
PHRASES
1910 — WOULD YOU ADAM AND EVE IT? would you believe it? → rhyming sl.
VERBS
1175 — LEVE to believe in; to trust, to give credence to a person or thing → obs.
1275 — AWEEN to believe something to be the case → obs.
1483 — ADD FAITH TO to believe or make believable; to give credence to
1529 — CREDENCE to believe, to give credence to
1579 — SUP UP to believe, to ‘swallow’ a story, to be convinced → obs.
1596 — CREED to believe → obs.
1621 — OPINIONATE to believe, to form or hold an opinion; to suppose, to think
..18C — BELIEVE THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE to believe firmly something astounding, impossible, or absurd; hence, to be a fool → colloq.
1830 — CALCULATE to believe, to think, to expect → US colloq.
1849 — WASH to be believable → sl.
1860 — BLAW to believe; to fancy, to imagine → Eng. dial.
1887 — HOLD ON BY SOMEONE’S MONKEY-TAIL to believe, to take someone’s word for a story → nautical sl.
1888 — BLEEBE to believe → Amer. dial.
1896 — FANCY to believe, to think → Eng. dial.
1898 — BLIV to believe → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — FAKE to believe, to give heed to; to credit → Sc. (Bk.)
1908 — EAT — EAT UP to believe eagerly; to accept unquestioningly → US sl.
1910 — BUY INTO to believe, to accept → sl.
1910 — WEAR to believe, to tolerate, to stand → sl.
1911 — BREAST to believe a wonder → Sc. (Bk.)
1925 — ADAM(-AND-EVE) to believe → rhyming sl.
1926 — BUY to believe, to approve; to accept as satisfactory or true → sl.
1932 — CHRISTMAS EVE to believe → UK rhyming sl.
1934 — FEATURE to believe, to imagine, to comprehend → Amer. dial.
1937 — CONFIDENT to trust, to believe → Amer. dial.