Faith

Noun

 * 1) A feeling, conviction or belief that something is true, real, or will happen.
 * 2) An obligation of loyalty or fidelity.
 * 3) The observance of such an obligation.
 * 4)  A religious belief system.
 * 5)  Belief and trust in the Christian God's promises revealed through Christ in the New Testament.
 * 6) A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.
 * 7) Mental acceptance of and confidence in a claim as truth without evidence supporting the claim (e.g. a superstition) or disregarding all evidence to the contrary (e.g. a delusion).

Adjectives for Faith
undying; secure; absolute; conflicting (plural); fervid; melancholy; sincere; optimistic; earnest; all-absorbing; heartier; devouring; habitual; immaculate; lofty; unwavering; sacramental; supreme; dumb; helpless; good; willing; generous; unalterable; unshaken; true; fugitive; orthodox; public; exulting; purblind; quickened; implied; inviolate; stalwart; tardy; obedient; blighting; impious; feeble; down-sunken; deathless; customary; active; shattered; sinless; material; profound; infirm; honorable; transcendent; barren; simple; steadfast; abiding; indestructible; consolatory; subs lime; gladder; scrupulous; passionate; mutual; ripening; childlike; obliterated; obliged; nobler; inflexible; implicit; efficient pure-eyed; grim; unbounded; whimsical plighted; sturdy; radiant; joyful; religious rising; unbroken; rational; potential; blind; unquestioning; manly; lesser; unfeigned; humble; trusting; unfailing; utter;

Verbs for Faith
apostatize from —; break — with; cling to—; confirm —; dampen —; endure with —; exhibit —; found upon —; forsake —; fortify —; inculcate —; inspire —; invalidate —; justify —; maintain —; manifest —; mould —; persecute for —; pervert —; pin — in; preach —; proclaim —; profess —; purge —; reawaken —; reiterate —; retain —; rivet — in; shake —; share —; sway by —; voice —; — melts away; — perishes; — quickens; — stands; — survives; — wavers.

Synonyms for Faith

 * belief, confidence, trust, conviction
 * religion
 * creed, credence, assurance, piety, assent, tenets, fidelity, reliance, doctrine, loyalty, fidelity.

Antonyms for Faith
unbelief, misgiving, disbelief, infidelity, suspicion, incredulity, reflection, disloyalty, distrust, skepticism, doubt, denial, dissent, faithlessness, agnosticism.

Derived terms
faithful; faithing; faithfulness; faithfully; faithless; in faith; faith-healer;

Related terms

 * fidelity

Thesaurus
dogma, doomed hope, drive, duteousness, dutifulness, duty, earnestness, expectation, fair prospect, faithfulness, fealty, fervency, fervent hope, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire, firmness, followers, formulated belief, fortitude, good cheer, good faith, good hope, gospel, great cause, great expectations, guarantee, heartiness, heat, heatedness, high hopes, homage, hope, hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope, hubris, ideology, impassionedness, intensity, intentness, interest, ism, issue, justice, lifework, love, love of God, loyalty, mass movement, movement, natural virtues, oath, obedience, obediency, obligation, observance, old-time religion, order, orthodoxy, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, parole, passion, passionateness, persuasion, pietism, piety, piousness, pledge, plight, poise, political faith, political philosophy, pomposity, positiveness, prayerful hope, presumption, pride, primitive faith, principle, promise, prospect, prospects, prudence, reason for being, reception, reliance, reliance on, religion, religionism, religious belief, religious faith, religiousness, resolution, reverence, sanguine expectation, school, sect, security, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-importance, self-reliance, seriousness, service, servility, servitium, settled belief, sincerity, solemn declaration, spirit, staunchness, steadfastness, stock, store, subjective certainty, submission, submissiveness, suit and service, suit service, supernatural virtues, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief, system of belief, system of beliefs, teaching, temperance, tenets, the faith, theism, theological virtues, theology, tie, tradition, troth, true blue, true faith, trueness, trust, vehemence, veneration, vow, warmth, warranty, well-grounded hope, willingness, word, word of honor, world view, worship, worshipfulness, zeal, abandon, acceptation, acception, acquiescence, activity, adherence, adherents, adhesion, adoration, allegiance, apostolic faith, ardency, ardor, arrogance, articles of religion, aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, assuredness, attachment, avouch, avouchment, belief, bona fides, bond, bonne foi, campaign, cardinal virtues, catechism, cause, certainty, certitude, charity, cheerful expectation, church, churchgoing, class, cocksureness, commitment, committedness, communion, compliance, confession, confidence, confidentness, conformity, connection, consecration, constancy, conviction, courage, credence, credenda, credit, credo, credulity, creed, crusade, cult, cultism, dedication, denomination, dependence, desire, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, disciples, doctrinal statement, doctrine,

Alternative forms

 * feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe

Etymology
From feith: <  feid: <  fides: < fido:. Used in English since the 12th Century.

Translations

 * Albanian: besim,
 * Amharic: ዕምነት
 * Arabic: إيمان, معتقد
 * Aramaic:
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 信念,,  信教,  信義,  信义,  ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 信頼 (しんらい, shinrai, trust), 信奉 (しんぽう, shinpō),,  信念,  信教,  信義,  信義
 * Kazakh:


 * Korean: 믿음 (mideum)
 * Latin:
 * Maltese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Saterland Frisian:
 * Scots: Gaelic creideamh, creideas
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: вера
 * Roman: vera
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: నమ్మకము, విశ్వాసము
 * West Frisian:
 * Zulu: ithemba

Anagrams

 * hatif