believable

English

Etymology

From Middle English bilevable, beleevable, equivalent to believe +‎ -able.

Adjective

believable (comparative more believable, superlative most believable)

Capable of being believed; credible.

Synonyms

plausible

Antonyms

unbelievable

Related terms

Translations

capable of being believed; credible

Albanian: besueshëm (sq)
Asturian: creyible, creíble
Basque: sinesgarri
Bulgarian: правдоподобен (bg) (pravdopodoben)
Catalan: creïble
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可相信的 (kě xiāngxìn de)
Czech: uvěřitelný (cs) m
Danish: trolig, troværdig
Esperanto: kredebla
Finnish: uskottava (fi)
French: croyable (fr)
Galician: crible (gl), críbel (gl)
German: glaubhaft (de)
Hungarian: hihető (hu)

Icelandic: trúanlegur (is) m, sennilegur (is) m
Japanese: 信じられる (ja) (しんじられる, shinjirareru)
Latvian: ticams
Macedonian: уверлив (uverliv)
Manx: so-chredjal
Norwegian:
Bokmål: troverdig (no)
Occitan: credible
Portuguese: crível (pt)
Romanian: credibil (ro)
Russian: правдоподо́бный (ru) (pravdopodóbnyj), вероя́тный (ru) (verojátnyj)
Spanish: creíble (es)
Swedish: trovärdig (sv)
Welsh: credadwy (cy)

References

believable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
“believable” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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