believable

worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable she had a believable excuse for missing the deadline Synonyms credible, creditable, likely, plausible, presumptive, probable Related Words cogent, compelling, conclusive, convincing, decisive, effective, forceful, persuasive, satisfying, strong, telling; acceptable, cogitable, conceivable, imaginable, possible, practical, reasonable; dependable, reliable, trustworthy; sophistic (or sophistical), specious Near Antonyms absurd, doubtful, dubious, fantastic (also fantastical), flimsy, outlandish, preposterous, questionable, ridiculous; impossible, inconceivable, unimaginable, unthinkable; skeptical, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unsure; hopeless, unworkable, useless Antonyms far-fetched, implausible, improbable, incredible, unbelievable, unlikely, unplausible