credible
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
capable of being believed
completely credible testimony
Related & opposite
- plausible also see
- thinkable also see
- incredible antonym
- credibility attribute
- credibility derivation
- believe derivation
- believe derivation
- likely similar to
- presumptive similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous
she was not the...credible fool he expected
Related & opposite
- credibility derivation
- credulous similar to
Sense 3 adjective
appearing to merit belief or acceptance
a credible witness
Related & opposite
- credibility derivation
- convincing similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | plausible |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | thinkable |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | incredible |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | credibility |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | credibility |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | believe |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | believe |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | likely |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | presumptive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | credibility |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | credulous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | credibility |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | convincing |