Synonyms for plausible
ˈplɔ zə bəlplau·si·ble

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1. plausible

   Synonyms:
   specious, superficial, passable, unctuous, fair-spoken, pretentious, ostensible, right, apparently, colorable, feasible

   Antonyms:
   genuine, sterling, transparent, unmistakable, profound

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1. plausibleadjective

   apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful

   "a plausible excuse"

   Antonyms:
   sincere, unbelievable, improbable, unconvincing, implausible, unlikely

2. plausibleadjective

   given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments

   "a plausible liar"

   Antonyms:
   unlikely, sincere, implausible, unbelievable, unconvincing, improbable

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1. plausibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   specious, colorable, seemingly fair

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1. plausibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   specious, glib, fluent, oily, smooth-tongued

   Antonyms:
   implausible

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1. List of paraphrases for "plausible":

   credible, plausibly, implausible, likely, probable, reasonable, feasible, convincing

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1. Benjamin Hautecouverture:

   It is plausible that certain (terrorist) organisations could attack transports of nuclear material or civilian installations and try to steal radioactive material, there is a black market where such material is available coming from central and eastern Europe.

2. Jeremy Rudin:

   We talk to them about what their exposures are, how they're evolving, how they're managing them, what experience they are having, and what their contingency plan is for the plausible, if unlikely, case that things would deteriorate further.

3. Sheri Lynn Johnson:

   The only plausible interpretation of all the evidence viewed cumulatively is that( prosecutor) Doug Evans began jury selection in Flowers VI with an unconstitutional end in mind.

4. Lu Wenjie:

   It is a daunting task to engineer a 'slow bull' market. Either harsh regulation or simple inaction could result in critical consequences, a plausible and sensible solution is to guide excess domestic capital to overseas markets.

5. Joss Bland-Hawthorn:

   Its plausible that one explosion took place 10 million years ago, and the jet is now arriving in our direction, but I think the most powerful bursts from our Sun would be about the same power so, bad for satellites and space walkers, but our atmosphere protects life pretty well.