English Dictionary
Definition of “credible”
credible (ˈkrɛdɪbəll
)
Definitions
adjective
- capable of being believed
- trustworthy or reliable ⇒
the latest claim is the only one to involve a credible witness
Alternative Forms
ˈcredibleness noun ˈcredibly adverb Word Origin
C14: from Latin crēdibilis, from Latin crēdere to believe
Synonyms
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believable,
possible,
likely,
reasonable,
probable,
plausible,
conceivable,
imaginable,
tenable,
thinkable,
supposable,
verisimilar,
Translations
- British English:
credible
Credible means able to be trusted or believed.We have two very credible witnesses.ˈkrɛdɪbl ADJECTIVE We have two very credible witnesses.
- Spanish:
creíble
adj
- French:
crédible
adj
- German:
glaubwürdig
adj
- Chinese: 可信的 adj
- Arabic: مَوْثُوق به adj
- Portuguese: credível adj
- Russian: правдоподобный adj правдоподобная
- Croatian: vjerodostojan adj vjerodostojna
- Czech: věrohodný adj
- Danish: troværdig adj
- Dutch: geloofwaardig adj
- Finnish: uskottava adj
- Greek: αξιόπιστος adj αξιόπιστη
- Italian: credibile adj
- Japanese: 信用できる no_posp
- Korean: 신용할 수 있는 adj
- Norwegian: troverdig adj
- Polish: wiarygodny adj wiarygodna
- Brazilian Portuguese: acreditável adj
- European Spanish:
creíble
adj
- Swedish: trovärdig adj trovärdigt
- Thai: น่าเชื่อถือ adj
- Turkish: inandırıcı adj
- Vietnamese: đáng tin cậy adj
Usage examples
He was responsible for getting Gingy McAnally into court as a credible witness offering evidence without corroboration.
Seymour, Gerald, Field of Blood (1990)It is that any credible environmental management plan must have humans at its centre.
New Scientist (2004)At the curtain two hours later, I had not made contact with any credible traits of homo sapiens, which left me mightily puzzled.
Irish Times (2002)Unnamed US officials also said they had received " credible " reports that Mr Bigley tried to flee.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2004)The only credible explanation is that the ancients had an alternative means of acquiring knowledge of the subtler influences.
Roberts, Peter, The Message of Astrology (1990)
