credible

 
  Grep  of  noun  credible 
  credibleness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  credible 
 
  The  adj  credible  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  credible,  believable  --  (capable  of  being  believed;  "completely  credible  testimony";  "credible  information") 
  2.  (1)  credible  --  (a  common  but  incorrect  usage  where  `credulous'  would  be  appropriate;  "she  was  not  the...credible  fool  he  expected") 
  3.  credible,  plausible  --  (appearing  to  merit  belief  or  acceptance;  "a  credible  witness";  "a  plausible  story") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  credible 
 
  3  senses  of  credible 
 
  Sense  1 
  credible  (vs.  incredible),  believable 
 
  incredible  (vs.  credible),  unbelievable 
  =>  astounding,  dumbfounding,  dumfounding 
  =>  fabulous 
  =>  improbable,  marvelous,  marvellous,  tall(postnominal) 
  =>  undreamed,  undreamed  of  undreamt,  undreamt  of  unimagined 
 
  Sense  2 
  credible 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  credulous)  ->  incredulous 
 
  Sense  3 
  credible,  plausible 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  convincing)  ->  unconvincing 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  credible 
 
  3  senses  of  credible 
 
  Sense  1 
  credible  (vs.  incredible),  believable 
  =>  likely,  plausible 
  =>  presumptive 
  Also  See->  plausible#1;  thinkable#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  credible 
  =>  credulous  (vs.  incredulous) 
 
  Sense  3 
  credible,  plausible 
  =>  convincing  (vs.  unconvincing) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  credible 
 
  1  of  3  senses  of  credible 
 
  Sense  1 
  credible  (vs.  incredible),  believable 
  =>  credibility,  credibleness,  believability 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  credible 
 
  credible  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  credible 
  credible 
  incredible 
 
  Overview  of  adj  credible 
 
  The  adj  credible  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  credible,  believable  --  (capable  of  being  believed;  "completely  credible  testimony";  "credible  information") 
  2.  (1)  credible  --  (a  common  but  incorrect  usage  where  `credulous'  would  be  appropriate;  "she  was  not  the...credible  fool  he  expected") 
  3.  credible,  plausible  --  (appearing  to  merit  belief  or  acceptance;  "a  credible  witness";  "a  plausible  story") 

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