Believable Meaning
/bɪˈliːvəbl̩/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCapable of being believed; credible.
Sentence Examples
People are often quite skeptical about things unless given believable proof.
His story is strange, but it's believable.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The actor's performance was so ____ that the audience felt his pain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The actor's performance was very ____ and moved the whole audience.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English bilevable, beleevable, equivalent to believe + -able.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"So far as cartoons are concerned these days, nothing—not even sewage works—is sacred, and everything is thereby readabler and believabler."
— 1953 February, American Water Works Association, “Percolation and Runoff”, in Journal, volume 45, number 2, Denver, Colo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, columns 1–2:
"Blanche’s quavering voice and fluttering hands are indispensable elements that make it easy for her to be played in a pat and stiff manner, but Fischer has tapped deeper qualities in this acutely neurotic but tragic antiheroine to make her not only believabler, but sympathetic as well."
— 1974 November 8, Robert LaBrasca, “‘Streetcar’ good show despite poor staging”, in The Capital Times, volume 115, number 126, Madison, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 1:
"Like Dr Crane, I too dreamt of the day when I might see my name staring back at me in Easons, and it’s scarcely believable that the day has come. Even scarcerly believabler is the way it came about."
— 2013, Paddy Duffy, “Introduction”, in Did That Actually Happen? A Journey Through Ridiculous Moments in Irish Politics, Dublin: Hachette Books Ireland, →ISBN, page 1:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The actor's performance was so ____ that the audience felt his pain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The actor's performance was very ____ and moved the whole audience.