🤔plausible

Meaning

seeming reasonable or probable

Seeming reasonable or probable; credible or believable.

Seeming reasonable or probable; appearing worthy of belief.

Example Sentences

Her explanation of the event sounded plausible.

His excuse seemed plausible, but I had my doubts.

His explanation sounded plausible enough.

Synonyms

credible, believable, likely, reasonable, convincing, feasible

Entry 1

credible, believable, likely, reasonable

Entry 2

reasonable, credible, believable

Entry 3

credible, reasonable, believable, convincing, likely, feasible

Antonyms

implausible, unlikely, doubtful, unbelievable, irrational, incredible, unreasonable

Entry 1

implausible, unlikely, doubtful

Entry 2

implausible, unbelievable, irrational

Entry 3

implausible, unbelievable, unlikely, incredible, unreasonable, doubtful

Collocations

plausible explanation, plausible reason, plausible story