Meaning of IMPLAUSIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | im'plozubul
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- [adj] highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible explanation"
- [adj] having a quality that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher an implausible excuse"
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| | Synonyms: | | farfetched, improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely |
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| | Antonyms: | | plausible | | |
| | See Also: | | incredible | |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*plau"si*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + plausible: cf.
F. implausible.]
Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or
credibility, and not likely to be believed. ``Implausible
harangues.'' --Swift. -- {Im*plau"si*ble*ness}, n. --
{Im*plau"si*bly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, beyond belief, debatable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, fishy, flimsy, hard of belief, hard to believe, hardly possible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, more than doubtful, not deserving belief, open to doubt, open to suspicion, passing belief, preposterous, problematic, puzzling, questionable, ridiculous, staggering belief, suspect, suspicious, tall, thick, thin, unbelievable, unconvincing, unearthly, ungodly, unimaginable, unlikely, unpromising, unreasonable, unsubstantial, unthinkable, unworthy of belief, weak |
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