Usually means: Seemingly reasonable or probable possibility.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word plausible:

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  1. plausible: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. plausible: Merriam-Webster
  3. plausible: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. plausible: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. plausible: Collins English Dictionary
  6. plausible: Vocabulary.com
  7. Plausible, plausible: Wordnik
  8. plausible: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. plausible: Wiktionary
  10. plausible: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. plausible: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. plausible: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Plausible, plausible: Dictionary.com
  14. plausible: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. plausible: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Plausible: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. plausible: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. plausible: Rhymezone
  19. plausible, plausible: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. plausible: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Plausible: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  22. plausible: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. plausible: FreeDictionary.org
  24. plausible: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. plausible: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plausible: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plausible: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See plausibleness as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely.
▸ adjective:  Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.

Similar:
credible, convincing, probable, verisimilar, arguable, likely, presumed, believable, presumptive, equiprobable, more...

Opposite:
implausible, unlikely, unbelievable, inconceivable, improbable

Types:
plausibly, implausible, implausibly, more...

Phrases:
plausible deniability, plausible reasoning, not plausible, plausible but false, sounds plausible enough to be true, more...

Adjectives:
least, most, such, sound, first, several, whole, only, best, prima, implausible


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Similar:
credible, convincing, probable, verisimilar, arguable, likely, presumed, believable, presumptive, equiprobable, more...

Opposite:
implausible, unlikely, unbelievable, inconceivable, improbable

Types:
plausibly, implausible, implausibly, more...

Phrases:
plausible deniability, plausible reasoning, not plausible, plausible but false, sounds plausible enough to be true, more than plausible, opposite of opposite of plausible, opposite of plausible, more...

Adjectives:
least, most, such, sound, first, several, whole, only, best, prima, implausible



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