PLAUSIBLE


Meaning of PLAUSIBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ plɔ:zɪb(ə)l ]

1.

An explanation or statement that is plausible seems likely to be true or valid.

A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government...

= reasonable

ADJ

• plau‧sibly

Having bluffed his way in without paying, he could not plausibly demand his money back.

ADV : ADV with v

• plau‧sibil‧ity

...the plausibility of the theory.

= credibility

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you say that someone is plausible , you mean that they seem to be telling the truth and to be sincere and honest.

He was so plausible that he conned everybody.

= believable

ADJ

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