Antonyms 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.

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. credible

   Antonyms:
   improbable, incredible, unlikely, untrustworthy

   Synonyms:
   probable, likely, trustworthy

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1. credible, believableadjective

   capable of being believed

   "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"

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

   Synonyms:
   believable

2. credibleadjective

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

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

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

   Synonyms:
   believable

3. credibleadjective

   appearing to merit belief or acceptance

   "a credible witness"

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

   Synonyms:
   believable

How to use credible in a sentence?

1. Officer Larry Hadfield:

   There is no credible information that there is a second suspect and no other victims have been located.

2. New York:

   Eight credible allegations of sexual harassment, two since he was elected Senator, and one from a congressional staffer, that is not too high a standard, regardless of how the Republican party handles this behavior, and worse. Yes, it was Senator Franken's decision alone to leave the Senate -- a path Senator Franken ultimately chose -- but for many senators, including New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and others in this primary field, that was not too high of a bar to raise our voice and make clear we value women.

3. Tony Stringer:

   The question is do governments have a credible plan to get deficits back on to a downward path and what is the country’s track record like.

4. Joel Manby:

   The board has directed that the company's management team end a practice in which certain employees posed as animal rights activists in connection with efforts to maintain the safety and security of company employees, customers and animals in the face of credible threats that the company had received.

5. Tim Farron:

   We should decide these things based on real and credible intelligence and not pressure from Riyadh.

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