Roget's Thesaurus

#485. Unbelief. Doubt

Nouns

unbelief, disbelief, misbelief; discredit, miscreance; infidelity etc. (irreligion) 989; dissent etc. 489; change of opinion etc. 484; retraction etc. 607. doubt etc. (uncertainty) 475; skepticism, scepticism, misgiving, demure; distrust, mistrust, cynicism; misdoubt, suspicion, jealousy, scruple, qualm; onus probandi [Lat.]. incredibility, incredibleness; incredulity. [person who doubts] doubter, skeptic, cynic; unbeliever etc. 487.

Verbs

disbelieve, discredit; not believe etc. 484; misbelieve; refuse to admit etc. (dissent) 489; refuse to believe etc. (incredulity) 487. doubt; be doubtful etc. (uncertain) 475; doubt the truth of; be skeptical as to etc. adj.; diffide; distrust, mistrust; suspect, smoke, scent, smell a rat; have doubts, harbor doubts, entertain doubts, suspicions; have one's doubts. demure, stick at, pause, hesitate, scruple; stop to consider, waver. hang in suspense, hang in doubt. throw doubt upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question; question, challenge, dispute; deny etc. 536; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion; ergotize. startle, stagger; shake one's faith, shake one's belief, stagger one's faith, stagger one's belief.

Adjectives

unbelieving; skeptical, sceptical. incredulous as to, skeptical as to; distrustful as to, shy as to, suspicious of; doubting etc. v.. doubtful etc. (uncertain) 475; disputable; unworthy of, undeserving of belief etc. 484; questionable; suspect, suspicious; open to suspicion, open to doubt; staggering, hard to believe, incredible, unbelievable, not to be believed, inconceivable; impossible etc. 471. fallible etc. (uncertain) 475; undemonstrable; controvertible etc. (untrue) 495.

Adverbs

cum grano salis [Lat.], with a grain of salt; with grains of allowance.

Phrases

fronti nulla fides [Lat.]; nimium ne crede colori [Lat.] [Vergil]; timeo Danaos et dona ferentes [Vergil], I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts, beware of Greeks bearing gifts; credat Judaeus Apella [Lat.] [Horace]; let those believe who may; ad tristem partem stenua est suspicio [Lat.] [Syrus].