credible
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈkrɛdɪbəl/
:
creíble
- It's important to find credible sources when doing research for your paper.
- credible evidence
- a credible threat
- pose a credible threat
So if I'm not credible, how can I be successful?
- So if I'm not credible, how can I be successful?
- If you say yes, then we will put you in for a credible fear screening.
- This is more like mainstream kind of credible leaders in business and sports.
- We ask you if you have credible fear of return to your country.
- My source is very credible so I would believe it at this point.
- They come from very credible sources since the books come out.
- I'm ready to listen to any idea from credible people about where we go from now.
- We'll look for more credible, vetted sources.
- How does that interplay with his credible fiction?
Examples
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Members of DeLonge's To the Stars Academy team include a very credible list of participants.
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My source is very credible so I would believe it at this point.
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And they made it sound far more credible than it was.
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We ask you if you have credible fear of return to your country.
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Well, if everything seems credible, then nothing seems credible.
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You were credible, you told it like it was.
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If you say yes, then we will put you in for a credible fear screening.
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I'm ready to listen to any idea from credible people about where we go from now.
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Democratic societies can create credible information because they are not threatened by it.
Academic text (1999) -
They come from very credible sources since the books come out.
Synonyms
358
2.7
Able to be trusted to do what is expected
195
3.4
That makes someone believe something is true
129
7.2
Seeming believable but possibly not true
99
3.9
Able to make someone believe or do something by giving clear reasons
98
3.7
Easy to accept as true
88
2.1
A person or thing you can depend on to be honest
53
4.2
Known to be honest and reliable
47
2.3
A person or thing you can trust to do what they promise
7
8.2
Very honest and reliable so people cannot doubt it
Antonyms
How Credible
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5.8
88
2.1
195
3.4
267
4.2
129
7.2
38
3.0
11
5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
credible = cred + ible
The suffix '-ible' transparently means 'able to be', but the root 'cred' is a Latin combining form (not a standalone English word), so the meaning is only partially obvious to learners who do not know the combining form.
Etymology
The word credible comes from the Latin verb credere, which means 'to believe', and it shares the same root as credit, a word about trust. So to call something credible is to say it is 'believable' and worthy of trust.