believable

adjective

be·liev·able bə-ˈlē-və-bəl

Synonyms of believable next

: capable of being believed especially as within the range of known possibility or probability

believability

bə-ˌlē-və-ˈbi-lə-tē

noun

believably

bə-ˈlē-və-blē

adverb

Examples of believable in a Sentence

she had a believable excuse for missing the deadline

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This was the first year the APA asked about AI and election anxiety and one of the things the organization found was that seven in 10 people experienced stress over the fact that fake information can seem so believable. —

Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024 The cast here is most believable as young people—enemies or not—who stay up all night and then fall asleep in a pile, like puppies in long grass. —

Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024 Horror movies with jokes usually involve the characters finding brief moments of levity in a more believable, less high-concept world. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024 First, infiltration: having fake accounts create believable interactions with human users in a target community, getting those users to follow them. —

Filippo Menczer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for believable