Antonyms for credible
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kred-uh-buhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɛd ə bəl |
Definition of credible
Origin :- "believable," late 14c., from Latin credibilis "worthy to be believed," from credere (see credo). Related: Credibly.
- adj believable
- The testimony of two credible witnesses as opposed to that of only one.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- "It's just credible that there may be other incentives," I said.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- The fact narrated must correspond to something in me to be credible or intelligible.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Is it credible that the possessions of the spirit can be bequeathed at all?
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- The words of the two men reached her, but their meaning was not credible.
- Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
- That Lorenzo, as Porzio hints, really had a hand in it, is not credible.
- Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
- Everything is credible which makes for what it calls the truth.
- Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude
- Credible or not, there was a means handy of obtaining a proof.
- Extract from : « The Blonde Lady » by Maurice Leblanc
- My witness could not confirm it, and it might not 322 be to you credible.
- Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon
- He had a very feeble conception of what credible testimony is.
- Extract from : « Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather » by Charles W. Upham
Synonyms for credible
- aboveboard
- colorable
- conceivable
- conclusive
- creditable
- dependable
- determinative
- honest
- honest to God
- imaginable
- likely
- plausible
- possible
- probable
- probably
- rational
- reasonable
- reliable
- satisfactory
- satisfying
- seeming
- sincere
- solid
- sound
- straight
- supposable
- tenable
- thinkable
- trustworthy
- trusty
- up front
- valid
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