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# credible

«credible» in Mova's school dictionary: **believable, able to be trusted as true** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (credible, more credible, most credible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Credible means believable, able to be trusted as true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credible/#m1)

2) A credible person, plan or threat is serious and likely to be real or to succeed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credible/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In research, a credible source is one you can trust (a good encyclopedia, a science organisation). In stories and stories you write, a credible plot or character feels real. In news: «a credible threat» means the danger is real and taken seriously. Opposite: incredible (which now usually means «amazing»).

### examples

- The scientist gave a credible explanation for the strange lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credible/#x1)
- Is that website a credible source? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credible/#x2)
- His excuse about the dog eating his homework was not very credible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credible/#x3)
- The team made a credible effort to win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credible/#x4)
- Police said the threat was credible and closed the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credible/#x5)
- Make your characters credible so the reader believes in them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credible/#x6)

### note

Trap: incredible today mostly means «amazing», not just «not believable». Do not confuse credible (believable) with creditable (deserving praise) or gullible (too easy to fool).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «credible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/credible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.