plausible

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Seeming reasonable or likely to be true.

   She gave a plausible explanation for being late.

2. 2
   adj

   Skilled at sounding convincing, often in a misleading way.

   He was a plausible liar who fooled everyone for years.

From Latin plausibilis (“deserving applause, praiseworthy, acceptable, pleasing”), from the participle stem of plaudere (“to applaud”).

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