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View synonyms for colorable
colorable
[ kuhl-er-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- capable of being colored.
- seemingly valid, true, or genuine; plausible.
- pretended; deceptive.
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Other Words From
- color·a·bili·ty color·a·ble·ness noun
- color·a·bly adverb
- noncol·or·a·bili·ty noun
- non·color·a·ble adjective
- non·color·a·ble·ness noun
- non·color·a·bly adverb
- pre·color·a·ble adjective
- un·color·a·ble adjective
- un·color·a·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of colorable1
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Example Sentences
Sports satisfy these requirements of substantial futility together with a colorable make-believe of purpose.
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What colorable reason could be assigned, in a country so situated, for such vast augmentations of the military force?
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If he asks, I shall contrive to find some colorable pretext, probably that you were jealous of me!
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For no colorable dede or deceytful trompery can serue the excuse of any notable wyckednesse.
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Men were also harassed with informations of intrusion upon scarce colorable titles.
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