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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believeableness |
| Synonyms: | believability, chance, integrity, likelihood, plausibility, possibility, probability, prospect, reliability, satisfactoriness, solidity, solidness, soundness, tenability, trustworthiness, validity |
| Notes: | something is credible to the extent that it is worthy of belief, so that credibility is worthiness of belief; credence is an acknowledgment of such worthiness |
| Antonyms: | implausibility, improbability, unreasonableness |
| Main Entry: | veracity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | truth |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, actuality, authenticity, candor, correctness, credibility, exactitude, exactness, fact, fairness, fidelity, frankness, genuineness, gospel, honest-to-god truth, honesty, honor, impartiality, integrity, like it is, openness, precision, probity, real McCoy, reality, rectitude, rightness, sincerity, straight stuff, trueness, truism, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, verisimilitude, verity, word* |
| Antonyms: | falsehood, falsity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | verisimilitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authenticity |
| Synonyms: | color, credibility, genuineness, likeliness, likeness, plausibility, realism, resemblance, semblance, show, similarity, virtual reality |
| Antonyms: | falseness, impossibility |
| Main Entry: | brownie points |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark of merit |
| Synonyms: | credibility, credit, kudos, notability, pat on the back, plaudits, points, praise, strokes, word of praise |
| Main Entry: | authenticity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | genuineness |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, correctness, credibility, dependability, factualness, legitimacy, purity, realness, reliability, trustworthiness, truthfulness, validity, veritableness |
| Main Entry: | believability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verisimilitude |
| Synonyms: | believableness, credibility, credibleness, creditability, creditableness, likelihood, plausibility, plausibleness, validity, validness |
| Main Entry: | credibleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believableness |
| Synonyms: | believability, credibility, creditability, creditableness, plausibility, plausibleness, reliability, reliableness, trustworthiness, validity, validness, verisimilitude |
| Main Entry: | creditability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believability |
| Synonyms: | believableness, credibility, credibleness, creditableness, plausibility, plausibleness, reliability, reliableness, trustworthiness, validity, validness, verisimilitude |
| Main Entry: | creditableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believability |
| Synonyms: | believableness, credibility, credibleness, creditability, plausibility, plausibleness, reliability, reliableness, trustworthiness, validity, validness, verisimilitude |
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