Entry Word: faith

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 belief and trust in and loyalty to God <a people who are known for their strong and steadfast faith>

Synonyms devotion, piety, religion

Related Words devoutness, piousness, religiousness; adoration, reverence, veneration, worship

Near Antonyms disbelief, doubt, unbelief

Antonyms atheism, godlessness

2 a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities <the city of Jerusalem is sacred to three faiths: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism> — see religion 1
3 adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty <after they had to declare bankruptcy, the family found out how much faith their friends had> — see fidelity
4 firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something <never having had much faith in banks, the old miser kept his money under the mattress> — see trust 1
5 mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon <she has complete faith that the universe is controlled by a benevolent Supreme Being with a master plan> — see belief 1