Meaning & use
plausible
Seeming reasonable, likely, or believable.
See it in a sentence
The detective needed a plausible explanation for why the suspect was near the scene.
Her excuse for being late sounded plausible enough for the teacher to accept.
A note on using this word
Plausible describes something that could be true given the available evidence, but it does not guarantee that the claim is actually true.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
implausibleunlikely
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