PLAUSIBLY Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

plausibly

adverb

Definition of plausibly

as in reasonably

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Recent Examples of plausibly What The Board Is Betting On Now The bull case is real, which is why the bid arrived at a premium and why the board could plausibly hold out for more, even if doing so proves poor judgment. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The Alphabet subsidiary filed 488 crash reports to the agency during the study period, of which researchers found 89 definitely or plausibly police-reportable. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026 The firm estimates only about 1% of the roughly $20 trillion in work that could plausibly be handed to AI agents is actually flowing through them today. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 23 July 2026 If Platner survived the Times story about his exes, then that may primarily be because some of the allegations therein were murky, and the worst of them were plausibly consistent with Platner’s tale of personal growth. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 7 July 2026 No previous American leader could plausibly have presided over the scene of a tattooed Brazilian fighter in a black cowboy hat and Lycra shorts running out of the White House, saluted by honor guards, with the intent of pulverizing another human being. — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026 An athlete who could earn more in NIL but for House constraints can plausibly argue they are being prevented from earning compensation. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026 It has been plausibly linked to everything from a great shift in the world financial order to the invention of punk rock. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 May 2026 Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Andrea Mara, All Her Fault opens on a plausibly terrifying situation that eventually unearths the deep secrets of a community. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 May 2026

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Well, as strong as any goalie’s case can reasonably be — goalies are still very volatile after all.

— Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Statute 8-2109 says that police may issue a traffic violation or make an arrest at the site of a crash if the driver is reasonably suspected to have committed any traffic offense in connection with the accident.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026

Definition of reasonably

Adverb

Experts said that while an AI system could conceivably offer some advantages over humans, its accuracy would ultimately depend on the quality and quantity of signatures available for comparison.

— Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 July 2026
The team could conceivably sign him to another deal, but the risk of contract forfeiture alone is a reason to delay consummating the trade.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of conceivably

Adverb

If more teams find themselves in the market for defenders who can wear multiple hats at multiple levels, the 2027 (and possibly 2028) NFL Draft class probably won’t disappoint.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Widespread totals of 2 to 4 inches, with up to 6 inches in the strongest thunderstorms, are possible from the western Florida Panhandle to southern portions of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and possibly the Texas coast.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of possibly

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But what’s missing from his performance (perhaps beginning with the writing) is the palpable life experience that lends him an advantage when his young friends run into trouble.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 24 July 2026
Still, there are some animal behaviors that are perhaps easier to explain, such as mistakenly engaging in dusk or dawn routines.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

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