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plausible
[plaw-zuh-buhl]
adjective
having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable.
a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
Antonyms: ,well-spoken and apparently, but often deceptively, worthy of confidence or trust.
a plausible commentator.
plausible
/ ˈɔːəə /
adjective
apparently reasonable, valid, truthful, etc
a plausible excuse
apparently trustworthy or believable
a plausible speaker
Other Word Forms
- plausibility noun
- plausibleness noun
- plausibly adverb
- nonplausibility noun
- nonplausible adjective
- nonplausibleness noun
- nonplausibly adverb
- overplausible adjective
- overplausibleness noun
- overplausibly adverb
- superplausible adjective
- superplausibleness noun
- superplausibly adverb
- unplausible adjective
- unplausibleness noun
- unplausibly adverb
- ˈܲ adverb
- ˌܲˈٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of plausible1
Word History and Origins
Origin of plausible1
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Example Sentences
When we set out to make this film, No Choice, we hoped to imagine a plausible future — not to prophesy our present reality.
"This… simply provides the government with supposed 'plausible deniability' for enabling breaches of international law," said the former official who also spoke on condition of anonymity.
Time for another drink, I told myself and offered a plausible excuse for moving along.
Brought in by the board to shield the Elsinore Picture Corp. from damaging publicity, he sets out to determine what really happened, only to concoct a plausible narrative that won’t get the company canceled.
Temporal sequence is not causation, but in a public health crisis, a plausible step is mass distribution of an antidote easily administered by lay persons.
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