Meanings
comparative more credible · superlative most credible
- Believable or plausible.
credible alibi
3 more examples
think up a credible excuse
While WMRE makes clear that electrification is the only credible option to decarbonise, it says that bi-mode trains could be used in the interim.
2022 December 28, Philip Haigh, “Building the case for West Midlands rail improvements”, in RAIL, number 973, page 25What society classifies as “credible” is almost always a product of whichever social demographic happens to be economically dominant at the time of the classification.
2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN - Dependable, trustworthy, or reliable.
credible sources
- Authentic or convincing.
credible acting
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(a common but incorrect usage where ‘credulous’ would be appropriate) credulous
adjectiveappearing to merit belief or acceptance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincrēdibilis“worthy of belief”
- Middle Frenchcredible
- Middle Englishcredible
- Englishcredible
From Middle English credible, borrowed from Middle French credible, from Latin crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”); see credit.
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian правдоподобен, заслужаващ доверие
- правдоподобен (pravdopodoben)believable or plausible
- заслужаващ доверие (zaslužavašt doverie)authentic or convincing
Catalan creïble, creïble
- creïblebelievable or plausible
- creïbleauthentic or convincing
Dutch geloofwaardig
- geloofwaardigauthentic or convincing
Finnish uskottava, luotettava
- uskottavabelievable or plausible
- luotettavadependable or reliable
- uskottavaauthentic or convincing
French crédible, crédible
- crédiblebelievable or plausible
- crédibleauthentic or convincing
German glaubhaft, glaubwürdig
- glaubhaftbelievable or plausible
- glaubwürdigbelievable or plausible
- glaubwürdigauthentic or convincing
Greek αξιόπιστος
- αξιόπιστος (axiópistos)dependable or reliable
Hungarian hihető, hiteles
- hihetőbelievable or plausible
- hitelesauthentic or convincing
- hitelt érdemlőauthentic or convincing
Irish sochreidte
- sochreidtebelievable or plausible
Latin crēdibilis, fidus
- crēdibilisbelievable or plausible
- fidusauthentic or convincing
Norwegian Bokmål troverdig
- troverdigbelievable or plausible
Portuguese crível, credível
- crívelbelievable or plausible
- credívelbelievable or plausible
- crívelauthentic or convincing
- credívelauthentic or convincing
Romanian credibil, plauzibil
- credibilbelievable or plausible
- plauzibilbelievable or plausible
- demn de încrederebelievable or plausible
Spanish creíble, creíble
- creíblebelievable or plausible
- creíbleauthentic or convincing
Swedish trolig, trovärdig
- troligbelievable or plausible
- trovärdigauthentic or convincing
- tillförlitligauthentic or convincing
Thai น่าเชื่อถือ, น่าเชื่อถือ
- น่าเชื่อถือbelievable or plausible
- น่าเชื่อถือdependable or reliable
Turkish inandırıcı
- inandırıcıbelievable or plausible
Cite this entry
credible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credible
“credible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “credible,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credible.
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