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. Dominique Said Panguindji:

   If we're in this cycle of violence, it's due to the fact that there is no credible alternative to offer to the youth.

2. Mark Zuckerberg:

   People should decide what is credible, not tech companies, we very much appreciate Ms. King's offer to meet with us. Her perspective is invaluable and one we deeply respect. We look forward to continuing this important dialogue with her in Menlo Park next week.

3. State Department aide David Holmes:

   While we had advised our Ukrainian counterparts to voice a commitment to following the rule of law and generally to investigating credible corruption allegations, this was a demand that Volodymyr Zelensky personally commit to a specific investigation of President Trump's political rival on a cable news channel.

4. Michael Zeldin:

   In some sense, Paul Manafort has already testified through the admission of Paul Manafort emails, as a prosecutor, you can say Gates was credible. He's not a saint, he's an admitted sinner, he's going to go to jail for his sins, but what he told you today is true. We know it's true because of all the other witnesses who we'll go through the testimony of, and all the documentary evidence which we'll go through, including emails from Mr. Paul Manafort, that corroborate Paul Manafort testimony.

5. Antony Blinken:

   We need to talk about two State Antony Blinken citizens, Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed, who were tourists in Russia, were arrested, convicted without credible evidence, and we again ask Russia to do the right thing and let them come home.

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