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IMPLAUSIBLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a quality that provokes disbelief

Example:

gave the teacher an implausible excuse

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cockamamie; cockamamy (informal term for ridiculous and implausible)

far-fetched; farfetched ((of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable)

improbable; unbelievable; unconvincing; unlikely (having a probability too low to inspire belief)

Also:

incredible; unbelievable (beyond belief or understanding)

Antonym:

plausible (apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing)

Derivation:

implausibility; implausibleness (the quality of provoking disbelief)

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