Synonyms for credible
ˈkrɛd ə bəlcred·i·ble

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1. credible

   Apt implies a natural fitness or tendency; an impetuous person is apt to speak hastily. Liable refers to a contingency regarded as unfavorable; as, the ship was liable to founder at any moment. Likely refers to a contingent event regarded as very probable, and usually, tho not always, favorable; as, an industrious worker is likely to succeed. Credible signifies readily to be believed; as, a credible narrative; likely in such connection is used ironically to signify the reverse; as, a likely story! A thing is conceivable of which the mind can entertain the possibility; a thing is conjectural which is conjectured as possible or probable without other support than a conjecture, or tentative judgment; a thing is presumable which, from what is antecedently known, may betaken for granted in advance of proof. Reasonable in this connection signifies such as the reason can be satisfied with, independently of external grounds for belief or disbelief; as, that seems a reasonable supposition. Compare APPARENT.

   Synonyms:
   apt, conceivable, conjectural, liable, likely, presumable, probable, reasonable

   Antonyms:
   doubtful, dubious, improbable, incredible, questionable, unlikely, unreasonable

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1. credible

   Synonyms:
   probable, likely, trustworthy

   Antonyms:
   improbable, incredible, unlikely, untrustworthy

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1. credible, believableadjective

   capable of being believed

   "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"

   Synonyms:
   believable

   Antonyms:
   astounding, tall(a), flimsy, undreamt of, undreamed of, fabulous, incredulous, unimagined, dumbfounding, marvellous, unbelievable, unconvincing, dumfounding, undreamed, undreamt, incredible, marvelous, improbable

2. credibleadjective

   (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous

   "she was not the...credible fool he expected"

   Synonyms:
   believable

   Antonyms:
   undreamed of, improbable, undreamed, incredible, undreamt, flimsy, marvelous, incredulous, unimagined, dumbfounding, fabulous, dumfounding, unbelievable, astounding, undreamt of, marvellous, unconvincing, tall(a)

3. credibleadjective

   appearing to merit belief or acceptance

   "a credible witness"

   Synonyms:
   believable

   Antonyms:
   undreamt, astounding, marvellous, improbable, incredulous, dumbfounding, unconvincing, marvelous, fabulous, unbelievable, unimagined, undreamed, undreamed of, tall(a), undreamt of, dumfounding, incredible, flimsy

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1. credibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   trustworthy, to be believed, worthy of belief, not improbable

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1. List of paraphrases for "credible":

   reliable, believable, trustworthy, plausible, credibility, convincing, dependable, authoritative, creditable, credibly

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1. Andy Lipkin:

   While we have no comment about Mr. James Reardon and the criminal justice process that will determine what charges might be brought against James Reardon, I want to stress today that this is a clear example of everything going right. The system worked, the positive result here is a clear example of the importance of monitoring social media to identify credible, hate-fueled threats before they are acted on.

2. Warren Truss:

   It's credible that debris from MH370 could have reached the Reunion Islands by now.

3. James Mitchell:

   (The CIA) had ongoing information to suggest that (terrorists) were trying to smuggle nuclear weapons into the U.S., there was all this anthrax stuff going on, there was credible evidence to suggest that there was another wave of attacks coming and we couldn't have it happen.

4. Atif Latif:

   Credit risk concerns, lack of credible asset quality, balance sheet issues and a lack of reserves... all this makes for gloomy reading for those with EU bank exposure.

5. Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman:

   The San Diego Police Department is aware of( the) recent post on Craigslist( which) has since been removed, we are investigating collaboratively with our law enforcement partners. The latest information remains( that) there are no known credible threats to the Craigslist San Diego region.