plausible

[plaw-zuh-buhl] / ˈplɔ zə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

reasonable, believable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conceivable credible logical persuasive possible probable tenable valid

WEAK

creditable like enough likely presumable smooth sound supposable very likely

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impossible improbable inconceivable irrational unbelievable unimaginable unlikely unreasonable untenable

WEAK

implausible

Example Sentences

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"Plausible deniability is only plausible until it isn't," he posted on X.

From BBC

Now, it again looks plausible that inflation could return to the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal without a recession.

From The Wall Street Journal

But a week earlier, the Americans had plausible hopes of four golds and a fifth medal.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There was a time,” he says, “when communism was plausible, with its industrialization, with factories, with machines.”

From The Wall Street Journal

One is the development, although tentative, of a plausible reform agenda at the EU level.

From The Wall Street Journal