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credible

/ˈkɹɛdəbl̩/

credible adjective: believable or plausible.

Adjective

credible (comparative more credible, superlative most credible)

  1. Believable or plausible.
    • credible alibi
    • think up a credible excuse
  2. Dependable, trustworthy, or reliable.
    • credible sources
  3. 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:

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Antonyms of credible

Forms of credible

comparativemore credible
superlativemost 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

  1. Credeurs
  2. credibilities
  3. credibility
  4. credibility gap
  5. credibility gaps
  6. credible
  7. credible messenger
  8. credible messengers
  9. credibleness
  10. credibley
  11. credibly

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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