credible
adjective
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Credible evidence is evidence that's likely to be believed. A credible plan is one that might actually work, and a credible excuse is one your parents might actually believe. And just as credible means "believable", the noun credibility means "believability". (But we no longer use incredible to mean the literal opposite of credible, just as we no longer use unbelievable as the literal opposite of believable.) Since cred is short for credibility, "street cred" is the kind of credibility among tough young people that you can only get by proving yourself on the mean streets of the inner city.
Examples of credible in a Sentence
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The Republican Jewish Coalition, meanwhile, viewed the poll as a credible CAT scan of what Democrats truly believe.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 July 2025
Faced with this predicament, as well as pressure from the Biden administration to allow more aid, Israel had several credible options for providing humanitarian assistance.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025
Both mechanisms must satisfy strict legal criteria—credible new information, prosecutorial willingness, judicial approval, and, in the case of clemency, executive endorsement.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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“Credible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credible. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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