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plausible
[ plaw-zuh-buhl ]
adjective
- having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable:
a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
Antonyms: ,
- well-spoken and apparently, but often deceptively, worthy of confidence or trust:
a plausible commentator.
plausible
/ ˈɔːəə /
adjective
- apparently reasonable, valid, truthful, etc
a plausible excuse
- apparently trustworthy or believable
a plausible speaker
Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, adverb
- ˌܲˈٲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ȴ·i·ٲ s··Ա noun
- s· adverb
- ԴDzp··i·ٲ noun
- ԴDz·s· adjective
- non·s··Ա noun
- non·s· adverb
- v·s· adjective
- over·s··Ա noun
- over·s· adverb
- p·s· adjective
- super·s··Ա noun
- super·s· adverb
- ܲ·s· adjective
- un·s··Ա noun
- un·s· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of plausible1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of plausible1
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Example Sentences
"It's almost as if the Salvadoran government is acting as an agent of the US government," Ms Hallett said, arguing that this makes the release more plausible.
A person's actions, however, can often have some plausible ambiguity that bad faith actors can exploit to muddy the waters.
Baba omitted the truth to protect his sons — their bewilderment also meant plausible deniability — and Lucky Auntie’s tough love shields the boys from any real fallout.
Or when Trump claimed that Mexico would pay for the border wall, which hasn’t happened and was never remotely plausible?
Set in the near future, the book’s corporatized reality is slightly more twisted than ours but entirely plausible, a place where private greed has resulted in a disturbing bureaucracy with no true due process.
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