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credible
adj
- 1. Able to be believed or trusted.
- Thesaurus: likely, feasible, probable, conceivable, seeming; sincere, honest, trustworthy, reliable, dependable, believable.
noun
- A reputation for being reliable or trustworthy
- Thesaurus: reliability, integrity, veracity, trustworthiness.
adverb
Info:
- There is often confusion between credible and credulous: credible refers to things, such as statements and excuses, and means ‘believable', whereas credulous refers to people, and means ‘too ready to believe'.
