believe to be sure that something is true or that someone is telling the truth:
I believed her when she said that she loved me.
Don’t believe anything he tells you.
accept to believe that something is true, especially because someone has persuaded you to believe it:
His wife accepted his explanation for why he was late.
Leah had slowly come to accept her brother’s version of events.
take sb’s word for it especially spoken to believe what someone says is true, even though you have no proof or experience of it:
I don’t know anything about him, so I’ll just have to take your word for it.
You don’t have to take my word for it – go and see for yourself.
‘Cakes are very easy to make.’ ‘I’ll take your word for it.’
give somebody the benefit of the doubt to believe what someone says, even though you think it might not be true:
Unless you have proof, you should give him the benefit of the doubt.
be taken in (also fall for something informal) to be tricked into believing something that is not true:
A lot of people were taken in by these claims.
I can’t believe she fell for that old excuse!
swallow informal to believe a story or explanation that is not true, especially when this makes you seem silly:
His aunt had swallowed his story unquestioningly.
Police refused to swallow his story, and put him in a cell.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

take word for it
take (someone's) word for it
to believe someone.
If she says she's sick, you have to take her word for it.

I took him at his word when he said he could translate Russian.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

take someone's word for it
take (someone's) word for it
to believe someone.
If she says she's sick, you have to take her word for it.

I took him at his word when he said he could translate Russian.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲