as in plausible
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable
she had a believable excuse for missing the deadline
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Recent Examples of believable
This was a believable performance.
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
However, Blair's delivery was about as believable as Chuck's modest request.
—Emily Exton, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Adopting that Ontario town seemed like a believable cover story and worked most of the time — except when a fellow American called her out after hearing her accent.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
This actually seemed sort of believable.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
However, Blair's delivery was about as believable as Chuck's modest request.
—Emily Exton, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Adopting that Ontario town seemed like a believable cover story and worked most of the time — except when a fellow American called her out after hearing her accent.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
This actually seemed sort of believable.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for believable
Adjective
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On a test called IntPhys, which requires AI models to identify if the actions happening in a video are physically plausible or implausible, V-JEPA was nearly 98% accurate.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Oct. 2025
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The order of magnitude may seem plausible, but the question cannot be answered exactly.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Abrego Garcia entered the country illegally more than a decade ago but had a court order blocking his deportation to El Salvador over what a judge found was a credible fear of persecution by gangs there.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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While Kopalyan and Alili see the Accords as a credible initiative, there are suspicions on the ground in Syunik too—and in particular that Azerbaijani forces could use the deal as a way to ultimately secure control for themselves.—
Michele Crestani,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Believable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believable. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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