Antonyms for doubt
daʊtdoubt

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1. doubtverb

   To doubt is to lack conviction. Incompleteness of evidence may compel one to doubt, or some perverse bias of mind may incline him to. Distrust may express simply a lack of confidence; as, I distrust my own judgment; or it may be nearly equivalent to suspect; as, I distrusted that man from the start. Mistrust and suspect imply that one is almost assured of positive evil; one may distrust himself or others; he suspects others. Mistrust is now rarely, if ever, used of persons, but only of motives, intentions, etc. Distrust is always serious; mistrust is often used playfully. Compare SUPPOSE. Compare synonyms for DOUBT, n.

   Antonyms:
   believe, confide in, depend on, depend upon, rely on, rely upon, trust

   Synonyms:
   distrust, mistrust, surmise, suspect

2. doubtnoun

   Doubt is a lack of conviction that may refer either to matters of belief or to matters of practise. As regards belief, while doubt is lack of conviction, disbelief is conviction, to the contrary; unbelief refers to a settled state of mind, generally accompanied with opposition of heart. Perplexity is active and painful; doubt may be quiescent. Perplexity presses toward a solution; doubt may be content to linger unresolved. Any improbable statement awakens incredulity. In theological usage unbelief and skepticism have a condemnatory force, as implying wilful rejection of manifest truth. As regards practical matters, uncertainty applies to the unknown or undecided; doubt implies some negative evidence. Suspense regards the future, and is eager and anxious; uncertainty may relate to any period, and be quite indifferent. Misgiving is ordinarily in regard to the outcome of something already done or decided; hesitation, indecision, and irresolution have reference to something that remains to be decided or done, and are due oftener to infirmity of will than to lack of knowledge. Distrust and suspicion apply especially to the motives, character, etc., of others, and are more decidedly adverse than doubt. Scruple relates to matters of conscience and duty.

   Antonyms:
   assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, conviction, decision, determination, persuasion, resolution, resolve

   Synonyms:
   disbelief, distrust, hesitancy, hesitation, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, misgiving, perplexity, question, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, unbelief, uncertainty

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1. doubtnoun

   Antonyms:
   certainty, clearness, precision, determination, decision, conviction, satisfaction

   Synonyms:
   dubiousness, dubitation, scruple, hesitation, suspense, distrust, suspicion, perplexity, uncertainty, ambiguity, difficulty, indecision

2. doubtverb

   Antonyms:
   decide, determine, resolve, assent

   Synonyms:
   dubitate, hesitate, vacillate, waver, demur

Matched Categories

1. • Disbelieve
   • Distrust

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousnessnoun

   the state of being unsure of something

   Synonyms:
   dubiety, incertitude, doubtfulness, precariousness, dubiousness, uncertainty, uncertainness, question

2. doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, questionverb

   uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

   "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"

   Synonyms:
   dubiety, incertitude, doubtfulness, interrogative sentence, dubiousness, uncertainty, query, motion, inquiry, head, interrogative, enquiry, interrogation, question

3. doubtverb

   consider unlikely or have doubts about

   "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"

4. doubtverb

   lack confidence in or have doubts about

   "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"

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1. doubtnoun

   Antonyms:
   conviction, credulity, confidence, decision, assurance, belief, certainty

   Synonyms:
   indecision, uncertainty, vacillation, irresolution, misgiving, query, suspense, hesitancy, distrust, suspicion, quandary, perplexity, skepticism, incredulity, pyrrhonism, ambiguity, difficulty

2. doubtverb

   Antonyms:
   believe, trust, rely upon

   Synonyms:
   waver, hesitate, question, be undecided, query, distrust, suspect

How to use doubt in a sentence?

1. Lord Samuel, "Romanes Lecture", 1947:

   Without a doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built.

2. Governor John Bel Edwards:

   There should be no doubt in anybody's mind that this incident is going to be investigated thoroughly, impartially and professionally by the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.

3. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

4. Johann von Goethe:

   We know accurately only when we know little with knowledge doubt increases.

5. Harold Herzog:

   Studies have shown repeatedly that people's good mood increases and bad mood decreases around pets, and so we know that there's immediate short term benefits, physiological and psychological, with interacting with pets. I have no doubt about that.

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