Synonyms for plausible
ˈplɔ zə bəlplau·si·ble

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1. plausible

   Synonyms:
   specious, superficial, passable, unctuous, fair-spoken, pretentious, ostensible, right, apparently, colorable, feasible

   Antonyms:
   genuine, sterling, transparent, unmistakable, profound

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1. plausibleadjective

   apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful

   "a plausible excuse"

   Antonyms:
   sincere, unbelievable, improbable, unconvincing, implausible, unlikely

2. plausibleadjective

   given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments

   "a plausible liar"

   Antonyms:
   unlikely, sincere, implausible, unbelievable, unconvincing, improbable

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1. plausibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   specious, colorable, seemingly fair

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1. plausibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   specious, glib, fluent, oily, smooth-tongued

   Antonyms:
   implausible

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1. List of paraphrases for "plausible":

   credible, plausibly, implausible, likely, probable, reasonable, feasible, convincing

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1. David Oliver:

   For me, plausible deniability doesn't work for somebody who is in power, david Oliver was elected so David Oliver should be able to oversee the efforts to clean everything up. David Oliver could be the greatest president in IAAF history if David Oliver overcomes what is going on.

2. Didier Saint-Georges:

   The markets tend to ignore political risk, which generally has little influence over the real economy. But maybe they should be concerned this time, almost inconceivable six months ago, the election by the end of the year of an openly protectionist president inclined to renegotiate federal debt is now plausible in the United States.

3. Sasha Issenberg:

   There are plausible even if unlikely scenarios for Rubio, Cruz and [John] Kasich to beat him, i don't think it's the media's job to crown someone before we exhaust plausible scenarios in which he doesn't ascend to the throne.

4. Jerome Powell:

   These strains - there is no reason they can't keep coming, and one more powerful than the next. We don't know that, but that's certainly a plausible outcome. As vaccinations rise we can nonetheless get back to our economic activity.

5. Nick Stansbury:

   It's hard to argue that if oil demand starts to go into free fall, which is what we see as plausible, that ... the oil and gas industry as a whole remains as intrinsically as profitable as it does today.