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credible
credibleplausible, likely, reasonable; believable or worthy of belief: a credible argument
Not to be confused with:creditable – bringing credit or honor; praiseworthy; meritorious; estimable: a fine person of creditable charactercred·i·ble C0735500 (krĕd′ə-bəl)adj.1. Capable of being believed; believable or plausible: a credible witness; a credible explanation. See Synonyms at plausible.2. Considered capable of achieving a goal: The party must nominate a credible candidate for governor.3. Being of sufficient military capability to deter an attack or carry out an operation successfully: credible military force.
[Middle English, from Latin crēdibilis, from crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
cred′i·ble·ness n.cred′i·bly adv.Usage Note: Credible is widely but incorrectly used where credulous would be appropriate. Credulous means "believing too readily" or "gullible," as in He was credulous (not credible) enough to believe the manufacturer's claims.credible (ˈkrɛdɪbəl) adj1. capable of being believed2. trustworthy or reliable: the latest claim is the only one to involve a credible witness. [C14: from Latin crēdibilis, from Latin crēdere to believe] ˈcredibleness n ˈcredibly advcred•i•ble (ˈkrɛd ə bəl)
adj. 1. capable of being believed; trustworthy. 2. effective or reliable: credible new defense weapons. [1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin crēdibilis=crēd(ere) to believe + -ibilis -ible] cred`i•bil′i•ty, n. cred′i•bly, adv. credible credulous">credulous creditable">creditable1. 'credible'If something is credible, it can be believed. His latest statements are hardly credible.This is not credible to anyone who has studied the facts.Credible is most commonly used in negative sentences. 2. 'credulous'People who are credulous are always ready to believe what other people tell them, and are easily deceived. Credulous women bought the mandrake root to promote conception.3. 'creditable'A performance, achievement, or action that is creditable is of a reasonably high standard. He polled a creditable 44.8 percent.Their performance was even less creditable.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  credible - capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"believableplausible - apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse"thinkable - capable of being conceived or imagined or consideredincredible, unbelievable - beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible" | | 2. | credible - (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous; "she was not the...credible fool he expected"credulous - disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous" | | 3. | credible - appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness"convincing - causing one to believe the truth of something; "a convincing story"; "a convincing manner" |
credibleadjective1. believable, possible, likely, reasonable, probable, plausible, conceivable, imaginable, tenable, thinkable, verisimilar This claim seems perfectly credible to me.
believable unlikely, incredible, doubtful, unbelievable, questionable, inconceivable, implausible2. reliable, honest, dependable, trustworthy, sincere, trusty the evidence of credible witnesses
reliable unreliable, dishonest, untrustworthy, insincere, not dependablecredibleadjective1. Worthy of being believed:believable, colorable, creditable, plausible.2. Worthy of belief, as because of precision or faithfulness to an original:authentic, authoritative, convincing, faithful, true, trustworthy, valid.Translationscredible (ˈkredəbl) adjective that may be believed. The story he told was barely credible. 可信的 可信的ˈcredibly adverb 可信地 可信地ˌcrediˈbility noun 可信度，可靠性 可信，可靠性 FinancialSeecredibilitycredible
Synonyms for credibleadj believableSynonyms- believable
- possible
- likely
- reasonable
- probable
- plausible
- conceivable
- imaginable
- tenable
- thinkable
- verisimilar
Antonyms- unlikely
- incredible
- doubtful
- unbelievable
- questionable
- inconceivable
- implausible
adj reliableSynonyms- reliable
- honest
- dependable
- trustworthy
- sincere
- trusty
Antonyms- unreliable
- dishonest
- untrustworthy
- insincere
- not dependable
Synonyms for credibleadj worthy of being believedSynonyms- believable
- colorable
- creditable
- plausible
adj worthy of belief, as because of precision or faithfulness to an originalSynonyms- authentic
- authoritative
- convincing
- faithful
- true
- trustworthy
- valid
Synonyms for credibleadj capable of being believedSynonymsRelated WordsAntonymsadj (a common but incorrect usage where 'credulous' would be appropriate) credulousRelated Wordsadj appearing to merit belief or acceptanceRelated Words |