credible
/ˈkɹɛdəbl̩/
credible adjective: believable or plausible.
Adjective
credible (comparative more credible, superlative most credible)
- Believable or plausible.
- credible alibi
- think up a credible excuse
- Dependable, trustworthy, or reliable.
- credible sources
- Authentic or convincing.
- credible acting
credible meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
credible in Hindi
- credible
- प्रामाणिक prāmāṇik
credible in Urdu
- credible, reliable
- معتبر mo'tabar
credible in Bengali
- credible, praiseworthy
- বাহাদুর bahadur
credible in Telugu
- credible
- ప్రామాణికము prāmāṇikamu
More languagesFewer languages
- credible in Malayalam
- വിശ്വസനീയമായ, വിശ്വസിക്കത്തക്ക, ശ്രദ്ധേയമായ
- credible in Kannada
- ನಂಬತಕ್ಕ, ನಂಬಿಕೆಯ, ಸಯ್ದ
- credible in Thai
- น่าเชื่อถือ
Examples of credible in a sentence
- 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 25:
- What 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:
Antonyms of credible
Forms of credible
| comparative | more credible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most credible |
Origin of credible
From Middle English credible, borrowed from Middle French credible, from Latin crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”); see credit.
Words formed from credible
Phrases with credible
Questions about credible
- What does credible mean?
- Credible means believable or plausible.
- What is credible in Hindi?
- Credible in Hindi is प्रामाणिक (prāmāṇik). See Credible meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use credible in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is credible?
- Credible is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce credible?
- Credible is pronounced /ˈkɹɛdəbl̩/.
Words near credible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: credible (page history and authors); प्रामाणिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); معتبر (Urdu) (page history and authors); বাহাদুর (Bengali) (page history and authors); ప్రామాణికము (Telugu) (page history and authors); credible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); credible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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