"believable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /bɪˈliːvəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-believable.wav Forms: more believable [comparative], believabler [comparative, rare], most believable [superlative], believablest [rare, superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English bilevable, beleevable, equivalent to believe + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bilevable}} Middle English bilevable, {{suffix|en|believe|able}} believe + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|more|er|comp2_qual=rare|sup2_qual=rare}} believable (comparative more believable or (rare) believabler, superlative most believable or (rare) believablest)
  1. Capable of being believed; credible. Synonyms: plausible Derived forms: believably, believeableness, unbelievable Related terms: believability Translations (capable of being believed; credible): besueshëm (Albanian), creyible (Asturian), creíble (Asturian), sinesgarri (Basque), правдоподобен (pravdopodoben) (Bulgarian), creïble (Catalan), 可相信的 (kě xiāngxìn de) (Chinese Mandarin), uvěřitelný [masculine] (Czech), trolig (Danish), troværdig (Danish), kredebla (Esperanto), kredinda (Esperanto), uskottava (Finnish), croyable (French), crédible (French), crible (Galician), críbel (Galician), სარწმუნო (sarc̣muno) (Georgian), დასაჯერებელი (dasaǯerebeli) (Georgian), მოსალოდნელი (mosalodneli) (Georgian), glaubhaft (German), hihető (Hungarian), trúanlegur (Icelandic), sennilegur (Icelandic), sochreidte (Irish), 信じられる (shinjirareru) (alt: しんじられる) (Japanese), crēdibilis (Latin), ticams (Latvian), у́верлив (úverliv) (Macedonian), веро́јатен (verójaten) (Macedonian), വിശ്വസനീയമായ (viśvasanīyamāya) (Malayalam), വിശ്വസനീയ (viśvasanīya) (Malayalam), so-chredjal (Manx), troverdig (Norwegian Bokmål), credible (Occitan), wiarygodny (Polish), crível (Portuguese), credibil (Romanian), правдоподо́бный (pravdopodóbnyj) (Russian), вероя́тный (verojátnyj) (Russian), creíble (Spanish), trovärdig (Swedish), inandırıcı (Turkish), credadwy (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Blanche’s quavering voice and fluttering hands are indispensable elements that make it easy for her to be played in a pat and stiff manner, but Fischer has tapped deeper qualities in this acutely neurotic but tragic antiheroine to make her not only believabler, but sympathetic as well.",
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          "word": "crible"
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          "roman": "mosalodneli",
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          "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
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        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
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          "text": "believable answer",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "believable account",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "believable story",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              126,
              137
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1953 February, American Water Works Association, “Percolation and Runoff”, in Journal, volume 45, number 2, Denver, Colo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, columns 1–2:",
          "text": "So far as cartoons are concerned these days, nothing—not even sewage works—is sacred, and everything is thereby readabler and believabler.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
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              260
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          "ref": "1974 November 8, Robert LaBrasca, “‘Streetcar’ good show despite poor staging”, in The Capital Times, volume 115, number 126, Madison, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 1:",
          "text": "Blanche’s quavering voice and fluttering hands are indispensable elements that make it easy for her to be played in a pat and stiff manner, but Fischer has tapped deeper qualities in this acutely neurotic but tragic antiheroine to make her not only believabler, but sympathetic as well.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              172
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2013, Paddy Duffy, “Introduction”, in Did That Actually Happen? A Journey Through Ridiculous Moments in Irish Politics, Dublin: Hachette Books Ireland, →ISBN, page 1:",
          "text": "Like Dr Crane, I too dreamt of the day when I might see my name staring back at me in Easons, and it’s scarcely believable that the day has come. Even scarcerly believabler is the way it came about.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Capable of being believed; credible."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ],
        [
          "credible",
          "credible"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈliːvəbl̩/"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "plausible"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "besueshëm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "creyible"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "creíble"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "sinesgarri"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pravdopodoben",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "правдоподобен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "creïble"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kě xiāngxìn de",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "可相信的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uvěřitelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "trolig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "troværdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "kredebla"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "kredinda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "uskottava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "croyable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "crédible"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "crible"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "críbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sarc̣muno",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "სარწმუნო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dasaǯerebeli",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "დასაჯერებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mosalodneli",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "მოსალოდნელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "glaubhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "hihető"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "trúanlegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "sennilegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "sochreidte"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんじられる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinjirareru",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "信じられる"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "crēdibilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "ticams"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "úverliv",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "у́верлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "verójaten",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "веро́јатен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "viśvasanīyamāya",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "വിശ്വസനീയമായ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "viśvasanīya",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "വിശ്വസനീയ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "so-chredjal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "troverdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "credible"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "wiarygodny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "crível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "credibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pravdopodóbnyj",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "правдоподо́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "verojátnyj",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "вероя́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "creíble"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "trovärdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "inandırıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "capable of being believed; credible",
      "word": "credadwy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "believable"
}

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