adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/bɪˈliːvəbl̩/
/bi-/
/bə-/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being believed; credible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
believable answer
believable account
believable story
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
capable of being believed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
completely credible testimony
credible information
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: credible
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English bilevable, beleevable, equivalent to believe + -able.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
besueshëm
— capable of being believed; credible
Asturian:
creyible
— capable of being believed; credible
Asturian:
creíble
— capable of being believed; credible
Basque:
sinesgarri
— capable of being believed; credible
Bulgarian:
правдоподобен
(pravdopodoben)
— capable of being believed; credible
Catalan:
creïble
— capable of being believed; credible
Chinese Mandarin:
可相信的
(kě xiāngxìn de)
— capable of being believed; credible
Czech:
uvěřitelný
— capable of being believed; credible
Danish:
trolig
— capable of being believed; credible
Danish:
troværdig
— capable of being believed; credible
Esperanto:
kredebla
— capable of being believed; credible
Esperanto:
kredinda
— capable of being believed; credible
Finnish:
uskottava
— capable of being believed; credible
French:
croyable
— capable of being believed; credible
French:
crédible
— capable of being believed; credible
Galician:
crible
— capable of being believed; credible
Galician:
críbel
— capable of being believed; credible
Georgian:
სარწმუნო
(sarc̣muno)
— capable of being believed; credible
Georgian:
დასაჯერებელი
(dasaǯerebeli)
— capable of being believed; credible
Georgian:
მოსალოდნელი
(mosalodneli)
— capable of being believed; credible
German:
glaubhaft
— capable of being believed; credible
Hungarian:
hihető
— capable of being believed; credible
Icelandic:
trúanlegur
— capable of being believed; credible
Icelandic:
sennilegur
— capable of being believed; credible
Irish:
sochreidte
— capable of being believed; credible
Japanese:
信じられる
(shinjirareru)
— capable of being believed; credible
Latin:
crēdibilis
— capable of being believed; credible
Latvian:
ticams
— capable of being believed; credible
Macedonian:
у́верлив
(úverliv)
— capable of being believed; credible
Macedonian:
веро́јатен
(verójaten)
— capable of being believed; credible
Malayalam:
വിശ്വസനീയമായ
(viśvasanīyamāya)
— capable of being believed; credible
Malayalam:
വിശ്വസനീയ
(viśvasanīya)
— capable of being believed; credible
Manx:
so-chredjal
— capable of being believed; credible
Norwegian Bokmål:
troverdig
— capable of being believed; credible
Occitan:
credible
— capable of being believed; credible
Polish:
wiarygodny
— capable of being believed; credible
Portuguese:
crível
— capable of being believed; credible
Romanian:
credibil
— capable of being believed; credible
Russian:
правдоподо́бный
(pravdopodóbnyj)
— capable of being believed; credible
Russian:
вероя́тный
(verojátnyj)
— capable of being believed; credible
Spanish:
creíble
— capable of being believed; credible
Swedish:
trovärdig
— capable of being believed; credible
Turkish:
inandırıcı
— capable of being believed; credible
Welsh:
credadwy
— capable of being believed; credible