Antonyms for believable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : bih-leev |
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈliv |
Definition of believable
Origin :- late 14c., from believe + -able. Related: Believably.
- adj trustworthy
- For a moment he was back in a famous clinic, and this man across from him—it was not believable!
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- We had gold and silver in our track, like the believable children of fairyland.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith
- It was just as it had been that night—just as commonly uncommon and believable.
- Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- It seemed too preposterous to be believable; and she was very suspicious of him.
- Extract from : « The White Blackbird » by Hudson Douglas
- He did not invent the development theory, but he made it believable and comprehensible.
- Extract from : « Charles Darwin » by Grant Allen
- Writing stories that weren't true, and making them believable.
- Extract from : « Bear Trap » by Alan Edward Nourse
- He didn't stop to question what was believable and what wasn't.
- Extract from : « Operation Terror » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- It was abhorrent, impossible, too grotesque to be believable.
- Extract from : « The Game » by Jack London
- That was believable enough, for Hereward had his friends and his spies far and wide.
- Extract from : « Hereward, The Last of the English » by Charles Kingsley
- It is not believable that the hand that wrote those clumsy and affected sentences wrote the smooth English of Science and Health.
- Extract from : « Christian Science » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Synonyms for believable
- aboveboard
- acceptable
- authentic
- colorable
- conceivable
- convincing
- credential
- credible
- creditable
- fiduciary
- honest-to-god
- imaginable
- impressive
- likely
- persuasive
- plausible
- possible
- presumable
- presumptive
- probable
- rational
- reasonable
- reliable
- satisfying
- straight
- supposable
- tenable
- tried
- trusty
- unquestionable
- up front
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