Plausible definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PLAUS'IBLE, a. s as ... approbation; hence, superficially pleasing; apparently right; specious; popular; as a plausible argument; a plausible pretext; a plausible doctrine. 2. Using specious arguments or discourse; as a plausible man. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse" [ant: implausible] 2: given to or characterized by ...
... religion satisfied. 2. Apparently right; superficially fair, just or correct' plausible; appearing well at first view; as specious reasoning; a specious ... of mind, etc. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences" [syn: specious, spurious ... adjective Etymology: Middle English, visually pleasing, from Latin speciosus beautiful, plausible, from species Date: 1513 1. obsolete showy 2. having deceptive ... speciously adverb • speciousness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 superficially plausible but actually wrong (a specious argument). 2 misleadingly attractive in ... but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. Misled for a moment ... of their greater command of specious expression. --J. Morley. Syn: Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See Plausible. -- Spe"xious*ly, ...
... s 1828 Dictionary PLAUSIBIL'ITY, n. s as z. [See Plausible.] Speciousness; superficial appearance of right. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... ties) Date: 1649 1. the quality or state of being plausible 2. something plausible Webster's 1913 Dictionary Plausibility Plau`si*bil"i*ty ... other gracious plausibilities. --E. Vaughan. 2. The quality of being plausible; speciousness. To give any plausibility to a scheme. --De Quincey. 3. Anything plausible or specious. --R. Browning. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see plausible Moby Thesaurus acceptability, admissibility, apparent soundness, believability, believableness, casuistry, ...
... 1828 Dictionary IMPLAUS'IBLE, a. s as z. [in and plausible.] Not specious; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility ... that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher an implausible excuse" [ant: plausible] 2: highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible ... farfetched, implausible] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: circa 1677 not plausible ; provoking disbelief • implausibility noun • implausibly adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. not plausible. Derivatives: implausibility n. implausibly adv. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Implausible Im*plau"si*ble, a. [Pref. im- not + plausible: cf. F. implausible.] Not plausible; not wearing the appearance of truth or credibility, and ...
... may be shown; proper or intended to be shown. 2. Plausible; colorable. 3. Appearing; seeming; shown, declared or avowed. We say ... for display ; open to view 2. being such in appearance ; plausible rather than demonstrably true or real < the ostensible purpose for ... declared, avowed, assigned, manifest, apparent, exhibited, presented, visible. 2. Specious, plausible, colorable, pretended, professed. Moby Thesaurus Barmecidal, Barmecide, airy, alleged, apparent ... misleading, notable, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, outstanding, outward, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantom, plausible, pretended, pretexted, professed, prominent, pronounced, purported, salient, seeming, self-deceptive ...
... command of Jupiter to forsake the queen. 3. To make plausible; to exaggerate in representation. To color a strangers good, is ... specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by ... dye, paint, stain, tint. 2. Disguise, varnish, gloss over, make plausible. 3. Distort, pervert, garble, misrepresent. III. v. n. Redden, blush ...
... specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by ... glede. --Chaucer. The colored rainbow arched wide. --Spenser. 2. Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored ... opinionated, ornate, ostensible, overcharged, overloaded, partial, partisan, perverted, phony, pinchbeck, plausible, prejudiced, prepossessed, pretended, pseudo, purple, put-on, quasi, queer, racist ...
... but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. Misled for a moment ... of their greater command of specious expression. --J. Morley. Syn: Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See Plausible. -- Spe"xious*ly, adv. -- Spe"cious*ness, n.
... but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. Misled for a moment ... of their greater command of specious expression. --J. Morley. Syn: Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See Plausible. -- Spe"xious*ly, adv. -- Spe"cious*ness, n. Moby Thesaurus ...
... Dictionary Smooth-tongued Smooth"-tongued`, a. Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Plausible, flattering, cozening, adulatory, smooth, smooth-spoken, fair-spoken.
... of natural feelings. It could never be made to appear plausible that all religions had grown out of such a cult ... as having been originally images of ancestors, which is quite plausible, then they would indeed represent a continuous ancestral cult, as ...
... s 1828 Dictionary UNPLAUS'IBLE, a. s as z. Not plausible; not having a fair appearance; as arguments not unplausible. Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. not plausible.