Meanings
adjectiveimplausible (comparative more implausible, superlative most implausible)
comparative more implausible · superlative most implausible
- Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
Harper finds the idea that Latin developed into the modern Romance languages too implausible to believe.
2008 February 17, Mark Liberman, “More on Harper”, in Language LogSynonyms: unplausible · Antonyms: plausible
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving a quality that provokes disbelief
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishim-
- Englishplausible
- Englishimplausible
Translations
Bulgarian невероятен, неправдоподобен
- невероятен (neverojaten)unlikely
- неправдоподобен (nepravdopodoben)unlikely
Catalan inversemblant
- inversemblantunlikely
Czech neplausibilní
- neplausibilníunlikely
German implausibel, unplausibel
- implausibelunlikely
- unplausibelunlikely
Hungarian valószínűtlen
- valószínűtlenunlikely
Russian невероя́тный
- невероя́тный (neverojátnyj)unlikely
Spanish no / poco / nada plausible, inverosímil
- no / poco / nada plausibleunlikely
- inverosímilunlikely
Swedish osannolik
- osannolikunlikely
Cite this entry
APA
implausible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implausible
MLA
“implausible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implausible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “implausible,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implausible.
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