About The Word Plausible
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Plausible
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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 See Also | 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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