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believable

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be·liev·a·ble  (b-lv-bl)
adj.
Capable of eliciting belief or trust. See Synonyms at plausible.
be·lieva·bili·ty n.
be·lieva·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.believable - capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"
credible
plausible - apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse"
thinkable - capable of being conceived or imagined or considered
believable
Translations
believable [bɪˈliːvəbl] ADJ → creíble, verosímil
believable [bɪˈliːvəbəl] adj → croyable
believable
adj → glaubhaft, glaubwürdig; hardly believable → wenig glaubhaft
believable [bɪˈliːvəb/əl] adj → credibile
believable [bɪˈliːvəb/əl] adj → credibile


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If Miss Cornelia had announced her intention of going out to the channel and drowning herself the thing might have been believable.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
It was abhorrent, impossible, too grotesque to be believable.
The Game by London, Jack View in context
Had the thing crawled upon the eyeball of the ape-man, it is believable that he could yet have remained wide-eyed and rigid; but it did not.
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