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- Dictionarycred·i·ble/ˈkredəbəl/
adjective
- 1. able to be believed; convincing: "few people found his story credible" Similar Opposite
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1. : offering reasonable grounds for being believed or trusted. credible evidence. a credible source. credible witnesses. gave a credible account of the accident. … said the threats were not deemed credible. Stephen Wall. 2. : good enough to be effective. a credible job.
adjective. us / ˈkred·ə·bəl / Add to word list. able to be believed or trusted: Investigators found no credible evidence of a crime. credibility. noun [ U ] us / ˌkred·əˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i / Once his lies were revealed, he lost all credibility as a leader. credibly. adverb us / ˈkred·ə·bli /
Someone who's credible is honest and believable. A pathological liar, for example, might not be the most credible witness for your case against the bank robber.
adjective. us / ˈkred·ə·bəl / Add to word list. able to be believed or trusted: Investigators found no credible evidence of a crime. credibility. noun [ U ] us / ˌkred·əˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i / Once his lies were revealed, he lost all credibility as a leader. credibly. adverb us / ˈkred·ə·bli /
Credible means able to be trusted or believed. Her claims seem credible to many. [+ to] To maintain a credible threat of intervention, we have to maintain a credible alliance. credibly (kredɪbli ) graded adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] Ministers can equally credibly claim that the opposition is to blame. 2. adjective.
Credible definition: capable of being believed; believable. See examples of CREDIBLE used in a sentence.
adj. 1. Capable of being believed; believable or plausible: a credible witness; a credible explanation. See Synonyms at plausible. 2. Considered capable of achieving a goal: The party must nominate a credible candidate for governor. 3.
Meaning of credibility in English. credibility. noun [ U ] uk / ˌkred.əˈbɪl.ə.ti / us / ˌkred.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i / Add to word list. C2. the fact that someone or something can be believed or trusted: He complained that we had tried to undermine his credibility within the company.
Definition of credible adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'credible' 1. Credible means able to be trusted or believed. [...] 2. A credible candidate, policy, or system, for example, is one that appears to have a chance of being successful. [...] More. Synonyms of 'credible' • believable, possible, likely, reasonable [...] • reliable, honest, dependable, trustworthy [...] More.
