Being+believed

  • 91creditable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. praiseworthy, honorable. See virtue, respect. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. decent, honorable, praiseworthy, estimable; see excellent , respectable , worthy . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 92plausible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. credible, reasonable, believable; specious, colored; justifiable, defensible. See possibility. Ant., implausible. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. believable, probable, credible, supposable; see likely 1 …

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  • 93believable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. credible, plausible, trustworthy; see convincing 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. convincing, plausible, credible, reliable, acceptable. ANT.: unbelievable, farfetched III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Worthy of… …

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  • 94colorable — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Worthy of being believed: believable, credible, creditable, plausible. See TRUE …

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  • 95extraterrestrial — ex|tra|ter|res|tri|al1 [ ,ekstrətə restriəl ] adjective relating to things that exist on planets other than Earth extraterrestrial ex|tra|ter|res|tri|al 2 [ ,ekstrətə restriəl ] noun count a living being believed by some people to come from… …

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  • 96missing link — noun count a fact or piece of information that you need in order to have complete knowledge of something the missing link an early human being believed to have existed long ago and that was half APE and half human …

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  • 97extraterrestrial — I UK [ˌekstrətəˈrestrɪəl] / US adjective relating to things that exist on planets other than Earth II UK [ˌekstrətəˈrestrɪəl] / US noun [countable] Word forms extraterrestrial : singular extraterrestrial plural extraterrestrials a living being… …

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  • 98credible — cred•i•ble [[t]ˈkrɛd ə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) capable of being believed; trustworthy 2) effective or reliable: credible new defense weapons[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME (< MF) < L crēdibilis=crēd(ere) to believe + ibilis ible cred i•bil′i•ty,… …

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  • 99visitant — vis•it•ant [[t]ˈvɪz ɪ tənt[/t]] n. 1) a temporary resident 2) a being believed to come from the spirit world: a ghostly visitant[/ex] 3) orn a migratory bird that has come to a place temporarily 4) visiting; paying a visit …

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  • 100credible — /ˈkrɛdəbəl / (say kreduhbuhl) adjective 1. capable of being believed; believable. 2. worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy. {Middle English, from Latin crēdibilis} –credibleness, noun –credibly, adverb …