PLAUSIBLE


Meaning of PLAUSIBLE in English

1.

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

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

= reasonable

ADJ

plausibly

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

ADV: ADV with v

plausibility

...the plausibility of the theory.

= credibility

N-UNCOUNT

2.

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

He was so ~ that he conned everybody.

= believable

ADJ

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