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Plausible

Plausible Meaning & Definition
Plausible Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Plausible?

[adj] appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness"; "a plausible story"
[adj] within the realm of credibility; "not a very likely excuse"; "a plausible story"
[adj] likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss"
[adj] apparently reasonable and valid

Synonyms | Synonyms for Plausible: arguable | believable | convincing | credible | equiprobable | glib | likely | pat | presumed(a) | presumptive | probable | slick | verisimilar

Related Terms | Find terms related to Plausible: acceptable | admissible | apparent | apparently sound | believable | casuistic | cogent | cogitable | colorable | colored | conceivable | conceivably possible | contingent | credible | creditable | deceitful | deceptive | disingenuous | empty | fallacious | fiduciary | gilded | hollow | humanly possible | illusive | imaginable | insincere | jesuitic | just | justifiable | legitimate | likely | logical | meretricious | misleading | ostensible | overrefined | oversubtle | philosophistic | possible | potential | presentable | probable | rational | reasonable | reliable | sane | seeming | sensible | smooth | sophistic | sophistical | sound | specious | tenable | thinkable | tinsel | trustworthy | trusty | unexceptionable | unimpeachable | unquestionable | well-argued | well-founded | well-grounded | wholesome | worthy of faith

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Plausible In Webster's Dictionary

\Plau"si*ble\, a. [L. plausibilis praiseworthy, from plaudere, plausum, to applaud, clap the hands, strike, beat.] 1. Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. 2. Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion. ``Plausible and popular arguments.'' --Clarendon. 3. Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker. Syn: {Plausible}, {Specious}. Usage: Plausible denotes that which seems reasonable, yet leaves distrust in the judgment. Specious describes that which presents a fair appearance to the view and yet covers something false. Specious refers more definitely to the act or purpose of false representation; plausible has more reference to the effect on the beholder or hearer. An argument may by specious when it is not plausible because its sophistry is so easily discovered.

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