1.
[syn: credible, believable]
2. (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous;
- Example: "she was not the...credible fool he expected"
3. appearing to merit belief or acceptance;
- Example: "a credible witness"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Credible \Cred"i*ble\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]*b'l), a. [L. credibilis, fr.
credere. See Creed.]
Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief;
entitled to confidence; trustworthy.
[1913 Webster]
Things are made credible either by the known condition
and quality of the utterer or by the manifest
likelihood of truth in themselves. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very
sober and credible. --Dampier.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
credible
adj 1: capable of being believed; "completely credible
testimony"; "credible information" [syn: credible,
believable] [ant: incredible, unbelievable]
2: (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be
appropriate) credulous; "she was not the...credible fool he
expected"
3: appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "credible":
acknowledgment, admissible, asset, attention, authority,
believable, cogent, colorable, conceivable, conclusive, confidence,
convincing, credence, credit, creditable, determinative,
distinction, faith, faithful, fame, fiduciary, glory, honor, just,
justifiable, kudos, legitimate, likely, logical, notice, plausible,
prestige, probable, rational, reasonable, recognition, reliable,
reliance, renown, reputation, repute, sane, satisfactory,
satisfying, sensible, solid, sound, straight, tenable, trust,
trustworthy, trusty, unexceptionable, unimpeachable,
unquestionable, valid, weight, well-argued, well-founded,
well-grounded, wholesome, worthy of faith