credible - credulous - creditable
- credible - credulous - creditable
◊ 'credible'
If something is
credible, it can be believed.
His latest statements are hardly credible.
This is not credible to anyone who has studied the facts.
Note that
credible is most commonly used in negative sentences.
◊ 'credulous'
People who are
credulous are always ready to believe what other people tell them, and are easily deceived.
Credulous women bought the mandrake root to promote conception.
◊ 'creditable'
A performance, achievement, or action that is
creditable is of a reasonably high standard.
Useful english dictionary.
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creditable — credible, creditable, credulous Credible means ‘able to be believed’, with reference to people or statements: • I stand on the balcony, apparently musing on this very credible story, but really wondering how soon we can step back inside R. James … Modern English usage
credulous — credible, creditable, credulous Credible means ‘able to be believed’, with reference to people or statements: • I stand on the balcony, apparently musing on this very credible story, but really wondering how soon we can step back inside R. James … Modern English usage
credible — credible, creditable, credulous Credible means ‘able to be believed’, with reference to people or statements: • I stand on the balcony, apparently musing on this very credible story, but really wondering how soon we can step back inside R. James … Modern English usage
credible, creditable — Credible means believable, worthy or capable of confidence and belief, trustworthy : The jury found the witness s statement credible. Creditable means deserving credit, bringing or deserving credit, esteem, or honor : His performance during the… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
cred´i|bly — cred|i|ble «KREHD uh buhl», adjective. worthy of belief; believable; reliable; trustworthy: »That boy s excuse for being absent was hardly credible. It hardly seems credible that your son has grown so tall in one year. ╂[< Latin crēdibilis… … Useful english dictionary
cred´i|ble|ness — cred|i|ble «KREHD uh buhl», adjective. worthy of belief; believable; reliable; trustworthy: »That boy s excuse for being absent was hardly credible. It hardly seems credible that your son has grown so tall in one year. ╂[< Latin crēdibilis… … Useful english dictionary
cred|i|ble — «KREHD uh buhl», adjective. worthy of belief; believable; reliable; trustworthy: »That boy s excuse for being absent was hardly credible. It hardly seems credible that your son has grown so tall in one year. ╂[< Latin crēdibilis < crēdere… … Useful english dictionary
