credible

credible
    adj 1: capable of being believed; "completely credible
           testimony"; "credible information" [syn: {credible},
           {believable}] [ant: {incredible}, {unbelievable}]
    2: (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be
       appropriate) credulous; "she was not the...credible fool he
       expected"
    3: appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness"
    

Credible \Cred"i*ble\ (kr[e^]d"[i^]*b'l), a. [L. credibilis, fr.
   credere. See {Creed}.]
   Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief;
   entitled to confidence; trustworthy.
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         Things are made credible either by the known condition
         and quality of the utterer or by the manifest
         likelihood of truth in themselves.       --Hooker.
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         A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very
         sober and credible.                      --Dampier.
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62 Moby Thesaurus words for "credible":
      acknowledgment, admissible, asset, attention, authority,
      believable, cogent, colorable, conceivable, conclusive, confidence,
      convincing, credence, credit, creditable, determinative,
      distinction, faith, faithful, fame, fiduciary, glory, honor, just,
      justifiable, kudos, legitimate, likely, logical, notice, plausible,
      prestige, probable, rational, reasonable, recognition, reliable,
      reliance, renown, reputation, repute, sane, satisfactory,
      satisfying, sensible, solid, sound, straight, tenable, trust,
      trustworthy, trusty, unexceptionable, unimpeachable,
      unquestionable, valid, weight, well-argued, well-founded,
      well-grounded, wholesome, worthy of faith