credible

[ kred-uh-buhl ]

/ ˈkrɛd ə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.

worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy: a credible witness.

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

credential, credentialism, credenza, credibility, credibility gap, credible, credit, credit account, credit bureau, credit card, credit crunch

Origin of credible

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin crēdibilis, equivalent to crēd(ere) to believe + -ibilis -ible

SYNONYMS FOR credible

1 plausible, likely, reasonable, tenable.

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Related forms

cred·i·bil·i·ty, cred·i·ble·ness, nouncred·i·bly, adverbnon·cred·i·ble, adjectivenon·cred·i·ble·ness, noun

non·cred·i·bly, adverb

Can be confused

credible creditablecredible credulous

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Examples from the Web for credible

“I need [my team] to triangulate as many sources as possible and we then accept the most credible,” Francesco Motta said.
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For example, it views comedian and Last Week Tonight host John Oliver as a credible threat to the Thai power structure.
‘The Hunger Games’ Stars Silent on Thai Protesters|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Credible accounts, including one by The New York Times, point to divisions within ABM.
Murder Vids Help ISIS Lure More Monsters|Thomas Joscelyn|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Comparatively, during those same years CBP flagged 21 percent of migrants from other countries for credible fear interviews.
U.S. Extends Protection To Honduran Immigrants|Caitlin Dickson|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But there is no credible data yet showing that the reach of ISIS messaging has diminished.
ISIS Is Winning the Online Jihad Against the West|Ali Fisher, Nico Prucha|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is it credible that a Clarendon Press editor should be ignorant that ivydoctarum heder prmia frontiumis the emblem of the poet?
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins
Is it credible that old Melchizedek knew nothing about the telephone, or the Roentgen ray, or the cholera bacillus?
A Century of Science and Other Essays|John Fiske
We have seen that such a supposition, in the form in which he puts it, is without any credible foundation.
The Position of Woman in Primitive Society|C. Gasquoine Hartley
There is a wild legend that one man in a severe fit of sea-sickness threw up his boots, but it is not credible.
Nasby in Exile|David R. Locke
It was not credible that Electra, of all gracious beings, should sulk outside the general harmony.
Rose MacLeod|Alice Brown

British Dictionary definitions for credible

credible

/ (ˈkrɛdɪbəl) /

adjective

capable of being believed

trustworthy or reliablethe latest claim is the only one to involve a credible witness

Derived Forms

credibleness, nouncredibly, adverb

Word Origin for credible

C14: from Latin crēdibilis, from Latin crēdere to believe

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