Plausible

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible: a plausible excuse.
  • adj. Giving a deceptive impression of truth or reliability.
  • adj. Disingenuously smooth; fast-talking: "Ambitious, unscrupulous, energetic, ... and plausible,—a political gladiator, ready for a 'set-to' in any crowd” ( Frederick Douglass).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible: a plausible excuse.
  • adj. Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.
  • adj. Using specious arguments or discourse.
  • adj. Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
  • adj. Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious
  • adj. Using specious arguments or discourse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Deserving applause or approval; meritorious; praiseworthy; commendable.
  • Seemingly worthy of acceptance or approval; apparently right, meritorious, or worthy of confidence; having a specious or superficial appearance of truth or trustworthiness: as, a plausible excuse; a plausible theory or doctrine.
  • Fair-spoken and apparently worthy of confidence; using or presenting discourse or arguments that seem right and worthy of acceptance: as, a plausible person.
  • Applauding; applausive.
  • Synonyms Colorable, Specious, etc. See ostensible.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful
  • adj. given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments
  • Equivalent
    slick    pat    arguable    glib    insincere   
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    specious    praiseworthy    commendable    ready    fair-seeming    colorable    colored    fair-spoken    smooth    suave   
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