Dictionary

believable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /bi-/
• /bə-/
• /bɪˈliːvəbl̩/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Capable of being believed; credible.
   • 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. 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:
   • believable story
   • believable answer
   • So far as cartoons are concerned these days, nothing—not even sewage works—is sacred, and everything is thereby readabler and believabler. 1953 February, American Water Works Association, “Percolation and Runoff”, in Journal, volume 45, number 2, Denver, Colo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, columns 1–2:
   • believable account
   • 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. 2013, Paddy Duffy, “Introduction”, in Did That Actually Happen? A Journey Through Ridiculous Moments in Irish Politics, Dublin: Hachette Books Ireland, →ISBN, page 1:

Forms

Antonyms

unbelievable

Deriveds

believeableness · believably · believableness · unbelievable

Relateds

believability

Synonyms

plausible

Translations (44)

gl crible (capable of being believed; credible) · ca creïble (capable of being believed; credible) · es creíble (capable of being believed; credible) · sq besueshëm (capable of being believed; credible) · ja 信じられる (capable of being believed; credible) · tr inandırıcı (capable of being believed; credible) · ro credibil (capable of being believed; credible) · da trolig (capable of being believed; credible) · is trúanlegur (capable of being believed; credible) · is sennilegur (capable of being believed; credible) · mk веро́јатен (capable of being believed; credible) · fr croyable (capable of being believed; credible) · ga sochreidte (capable of being believed; credible) · cy credadwy (capable of being believed; credible) · gv so-chredjal (capable of being believed; credible) · pt crível (capable of being believed; credible) · ml വിശ്വസനീയമായ (capable of being believed; credible) · cs uvěřitelný (capable of being believed; credible) · de glaubhaft (capable of being believed; credible) · da troværdig (capable of being believed; credible) · fi uskottava (capable of being believed; credible) · pl wiarygodny (capable of being believed; credible) · gl críbel (capable of being believed; credible) · eo kredinda (capable of being believed; credible) · hu hihető (capable of being believed; credible) · eu sinesgarri (capable of being believed; credible) · ka სარწმუნო (capable of being believed; credible) · cmn 可相信的 (capable of being believed; credible) · ru правдоподо́бный (capable of being believed; credible) · ast creíble (capable of being believed; credible) · lv ticams (capable of being believed; credible) · ru вероя́тный (capable of being believed; credible) · fr crédible (capable of being believed; credible) · oc credible (capable of being believed; credible) · ka მოსალოდნელი (capable of being believed; credible) · eo kredebla (capable of being believed; credible) · sv trovärdig (capable of being believed; credible) · ka დასაჯერებელი (capable of being believed; credible) · ast creyible (capable of being believed; credible) · nb troverdig (capable of being believed; credible) · mk у́верлив (capable of being believed; credible) · la crēdibilis (capable of being believed; credible) · ml വിശ്വസനീയ (capable of being believed; credible) · bg правдоподобен (capable of being believed; credible)