Credible

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Things are made credible either by the known condition
           and quality of the utterer or by the manifest
           likelihood of truth in themselves.       --Hooker.
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           A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very
           sober and credible.                      --Dampier.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  credible
       adj 1: capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony";
              "credible information" [syn: {believable}] [ant: {incredible}]
       2: a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be
          appropriate; "she was not the...credible fool he expected"
       3: appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible
          witness"; "a plausible story" [syn: {plausible}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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