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
Making that fantasy feel believable required far more than putting Lestat in leather and handing him a microphone.
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Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
In casting a figure who could embody an industry, a medium, a bulwark against unworthy encroachers and invaders, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow brought in Burrows as the most believable person possible.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
And yet, Forest makes the whole thing feel so believable.
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Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
The shocking reality was scarcely believable at the time and its impact is still felt by those who were closest to him.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for believable
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
In casting a figure who could embody an industry, a medium, a bulwark against unworthy encroachers and invaders, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow brought in Burrows as the most believable person possible.
—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
And yet, Forest makes the whole thing feel so believable.
—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
The shocking reality was scarcely believable at the time and its impact is still felt by those who were closest to him.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for believable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for believable
Adjective
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Completing their sentences with what sounds plausible is not preservation.
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There are plausible performance reasons why the Norwegian football team shipped around 1,276 pounds or 580 kilograms of food from its country to its temporary headquarters at Greensboro, North Carolina, for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Adjective
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The growing pile of credible critics is a direct challenge to that thesis.
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And where keeping a credible open option does demand serious compute, that is precisely the kind of public good worth paying for.
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“Believable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believable. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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