PLAUSIBLE


Meaning of PLAUSIBLE in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , seem , sound

▪ make sth

▪ find sth , think sth

He did not think it ~ that all the differences could be explained in this way.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , highly , very

▪ entirely , perfectly , quite

a perfectly ~ theory

▪ equally

an equally ~ explanation

▪ not remotely

There was no way the story could be made to sound even remotely ~.

▪ hardly

▪ reasonably

▪ superficially

▪ intuitively

This view seems intuitively ~ and has a long history.

Plausible is used with these nouns: ↑ answer , ↑ argument , ↑ excuse , ↑ explanation , ↑ hypothesis , ↑ interpretation , ↑ reason , ↑ scenario , ↑ story

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