Plausible
['plɔːzɪb(ə)l] or ['plɔzəbl]
Definition
(adj.) apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; 'a plausible excuse' .
(adj.) given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments; 'a plausible liar' .
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Definition
(a.) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
(a.) Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion.
(a.) Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Specious, colorable, seemingly fair.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Specious, superficial, passable, unctuous, fair-spoken, pretentious,ostensible, right, apparently, colorable, feasible
ANT:Genuine, sterling, transparent, unmistakable, profound
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Definition
adj. that may be applauded: seemingly worthy of approval or praise: superficially pleasing: apparently right: fair-spoken: popular.—ns. Plausibil′ity Plaus′ibleness an appearance of being right or worthy of approval: that which seems right and true at first sight.—adv. Plaus′ibly.
Editor: Solomon
Examples
- There is much that is plausible in this explanation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It sounds plausible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It would be a very plausible river if they would pump some water into it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They were plausible and dangerously unsound working ideas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He saw the perfect good-humoured callousness, even strange, glistening malice, in Gerald, glistening through the plausible ethics of productivity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In the trust agitation this is especially plausible. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And if from a speculative angle the Marxian tradition has shaded too heavily the economic facts, it was at least a plausible and practical exaggeration. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If there is a plausible excuse for the worship of men, then by all means let us forgive Rubens and his brethren. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was known twenty--forty times over, there being at least forty plausible reasons adduced to account for the unaccountable circumstance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Their hypothesis is very plausible. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Your reasoning is certainly plausible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- This was the most plausible explanation of a speech which had caused rather a startling change in his expectations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Solomon