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Synonyms for Credible
ˈkrɛd ə bəlcred·i·ble

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. credible

    Synonyms:
    probable, likely, trustworthy

    Antonyms:
    improbable, incredible, unlikely, untrustworthy

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. credible, believableadjective

    capable of being believed

    "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"

    Synonyms:
    believable, credible

    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

Dictionary of English Synonymes4.0 / 2 votes

  1. credibleadjective

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

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How to use Credible in a sentence?

  1. Rudy Giuliani:

    If you're involved in a sort of slimy business,( that) says something about you -- says something about how far you'll go to make money, our real point about her is that she's not just generally un-credible, she's un-credible from the point of view of wanting to get money. She's a con artist.

  2. Jenny Fulton:

    It's a credible threat... but Sol Pais did not make it directly, there may be some connection to Columbine but it wasn't a specific directed threat towards Columbine.

  3. Barack Obama:

    If we've got a collective defense, it means that everybody's got to chip in, and I've had some concerns about a diminished level of defense spending among some of our partners in NATO, the situation in Ukraine reminds us that our freedom isn't free and we've got to be willing to pay for the assets, the personnel, the training that's required to make sure that we have a credible NATO force and an effective deterrent force.

  4. Deborah Peters:

    I think they're saying -- I think they're saying, gee, she looks credible, but we can't really believe that the man we like would do this, so, therefore, it's not valid, you know, it's not valid that it was him, even though that type of memory does not get mistaken, does not go away.

  5. Richard Stengel:

    Hollywood does have this expertise and can share it with credible Islamic voices against Daesh, such as clerics and young filmmakers, hollywood can help optimize what they do and told us they are eager to do so.


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