as in plausible
worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable
she had a believable excuse for missing the deadline
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Recent Examples of believable
In an interview with the Herald’s Howie Carr last month, Prado called Dever not believable at all.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 11 July 2025
This series doesn’t really need to be believable in this way!
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2025
White does as great a job as is probably possible of making this overly aestheticized archetype into a believable human being.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 June 2025
The context of the time explains why the rumor was so believable.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 11 July 2025
This series doesn’t really need to be believable in this way!
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2025
White does as great a job as is probably possible of making this overly aestheticized archetype into a believable human being.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 June 2025
The context of the time explains why the rumor was so believable.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for believable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for believable
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Given the uncertainty drifting toward that moment, Talarico is just as plausible as anyone—blessed by a podcaster who helped Trump win the White House and the manosphere last year.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 July 2025
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These exotic radio signals were first captured between 2016 and 2018 by NASA’s Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) instrument, and since then, researchers have been hypothesizing plausible explanations.—
Jay Kakade
July 20,
New Atlas,
20 July 2025
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The Committee received credible evidence that a number of states have engaged in acts of transnational repression on U.K. soil.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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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
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“Believable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believable. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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