Antonyms for credible
ˈkrɛd ə bəlcred·i·ble

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1. credible

   Apt implies a natural fitness or tendency; an impetuous person is apt to speak hastily. Liable refers to a contingency regarded as unfavorable; as, the ship was liable to founder at any moment. Likely refers to a contingent event regarded as very probable, and usually, tho not always, favorable; as, an industrious worker is likely to succeed. Credible signifies readily to be believed; as, a credible narrative; likely in such connection is used ironically to signify the reverse; as, a likely story! A thing is conceivable of which the mind can entertain the possibility; a thing is conjectural which is conjectured as possible or probable without other support than a conjecture, or tentative judgment; a thing is presumable which, from what is antecedently known, may betaken for granted in advance of proof. Reasonable in this connection signifies such as the reason can be satisfied with, independently of external grounds for belief or disbelief; as, that seems a reasonable supposition. Compare APPARENT.

   Antonyms:
   doubtful, dubious, improbable, incredible, questionable, unlikely, unreasonable

   Synonyms:
   apt, conceivable, conjectural, liable, likely, presumable, probable, reasonable

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. credible

   Antonyms:
   improbable, incredible, unlikely, untrustworthy

   Synonyms:
   probable, likely, trustworthy

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1. credible, believableadjective

   capable of being believed

   "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"

   Antonyms:
   astounding, tall(a), flimsy, undreamt of, undreamed of, fabulous, incredulous, unimagined, dumbfounding, marvellous, unbelievable, unconvincing, dumfounding, undreamed, undreamt, incredible, marvelous, improbable

   Synonyms:
   believable

2. credibleadjective

   (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous

   "she was not the...credible fool he expected"

   Antonyms:
   undreamed of, improbable, undreamed, incredible, undreamt, flimsy, marvelous, incredulous, unimagined, dumbfounding, fabulous, dumfounding, unbelievable, astounding, undreamt of, marvellous, unconvincing, tall(a)

   Synonyms:
   believable

3. credibleadjective

   appearing to merit belief or acceptance

   "a credible witness"

   Antonyms:
   undreamt, astounding, marvellous, improbable, incredulous, dumbfounding, unconvincing, marvelous, fabulous, unbelievable, unimagined, undreamed, undreamed of, tall(a), undreamt of, dumfounding, incredible, flimsy

   Synonyms:
   believable

How to use credible in a sentence?

1. Police Chief Cathy Lanier:

   When we talk to our residents and visitors who want to celebrate Independence Day in the District of Columbia, it should be very clear to everybody that we take clear and credible threats or calls from our citizens and employees very, very seriously.

2. Jacob Kirkegaard:

   The bottom line is the debt will not be repaid in International Monetary Fund lifetime, international Monetary Fund is gearing up for new clients in the emerging economies. International Monetary Fund is not best done by being soft on Greece. International Monetary Fund won't go to the( International Monetary Fund) board to approve participation in a third Greek bailout without something International Monetary Fund think is tough and credible.

3. Roger Stone:

   My testimony before House Intelligence Committee was entirely truthful and there is no credible evidence to the contrary, from the beginning, I wanted to protect the identity of Randy Credico, because I knew that Randy Credico support for Julian Assange and the journalistic independence of WikiLeaks would not be popular in the progressive left circles where Randy Credico made a living.

4. Wasserman Schultz:

   And there is one particular candidate who just seems to delight in insulting women any chance Donald Trump gets. I have to say, if he emerges, I would love to debate him. yesterday, in an interview, Donald Trump even had the nerve to make an outrageous comment about one of his fellow candidate's looks, so I'm sorry, I'm just, I'm not really willing to give Donald Trump credit for very credible, substantive beliefs.

5. Philip Nel:

   The darkness of the book is what makes the optimism credible.

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