Standard Lemma guide

believable

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-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B AH0 L IY1 V AH0 B AH0 L 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
Real reading context

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