Search Result for "credible": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. capable of being believed;
- Example: "completely credible testimony"
- Example: "credible information"
[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