What is another word for implausible?

Pronunciation: [ɪmplˈɔːzəbə͡l] (IPA)

Implausible is a word used to describe something that is unlikely or difficult to believe. There are several synonyms for this word, such as incredulous, dubious, far-fetched, and unbelievable. Incredulous refers to something that is unbelievable or difficult to accept. Dubious implies uncertainty or doubt about the truth or validity of something. Far-fetched implies an idea or concept that is difficult to believe, but not impossible. Finally, unbelievable suggests something that is so unlikely or incredible that it is not worthy of belief. Each of these synonyms can be used to replace the word implausible in a sentence to add variety and nuance to language.

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What are the opposite words for implausible?

Implausible refers to something that is unlikely or difficult to believe. Antonyms for this word would be possible, believable, plausible, credible, and reasonable. These terms refer to situations, events, or claims that are easy to comprehend and accept as true. Something that is considered possible has a higher chance of happening or occurring. A believable story is something that can be accepted as true without any doubts. Plausible and credible refer to statements, arguments, or theories that are logical and make sense. The word reasonable means having sound judgment or thinking, making it an antonym of implausible. All of these words are useful in expressing ideas, stories, and situations that demonstrate accuracy, possibility, or likelihood.

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Usage examples for Implausible

Either she left cured-which seemed wholly implausible at this point-or she departed in a manner that left no trace.
"Syndrome"
Thomas Hoover
In other words, he was obviously a public benefactor of the same stamp as Dr. Morse and Dr. Cunard-although by the final years of the century, the old story about the long absence from home, the extended travels in remote lands, and the sudden discovery of some remarkable native remedy would probably have sounded a trifle implausible.
"History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills"
Robert B. Shaw
But even while she testified she saw that she was not believed; and she had to admit within herself that her father's story appeared absurdly implausible, compared to the truth-visaged falsehoods of the prosecution.
"Counsel for the Defense"
Leroy Scott

Famous quotes with Implausible

  • Some of the ideas that come from the fringe of the far right are just so implausible that it is hard to take those ideas seriously.
    John Conyers
  • One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.
    Rene Descartes
  • The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible.
    Alan Watts
  • It is understandable but implausible...to insist upon prominent media accounts about law-abiding citizens and quotidian virtue; this is a bit like the airline industry complaining that the press does not write stories about airplanes that land safely.
    Dinesh D'Souza
  • [These entrepreneurs] were writing their stories in a subgenre of contemporary fiction, the business plan, and populating them with characters endowed with deeply implausible personalities, an oversight which would eventually be punished not by a scathing review, … but by a lack of custom.
    Alain de Botton

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