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adj. (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous; "she was not the...credible fool he expected"

credible

adj. appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness"

credible, believable

adj. capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"

conceivable, imaginable

adj. capable of being imagined; "that is one possible answer"

probable, likely

adj. likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss"

possible

adj. capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"

feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workable

adj. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

probable

adj. apparently destined; "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme"

tenable, well-founded

adj. based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions"

trustworthy, trusty

adj. worthy of trust or belief; "a trustworthy report"; "an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion"

conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

sincere

adj. open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"

good, just, upright

adj. of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"

veracious, right

adj. precisely accurate; "a veracious account"

accurate, exact, precise

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

true, trustworthy

adj. "I would be true for there are those who trust me"

true

adj. consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"

true

adj. devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"

sane

adj. mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"

overcredulous

adj. too credulous for your own good

trusting

adj. inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall

unquestioning

adj. not inclined to ask questions

cogent, potent

adj. having great influence

disenchanting, disillusioning

adj. freeing from illusion or false belief

credulous

adj. disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"

incredible, unbelievable

adj. beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"

implausible

adj. having a quality that provokes disbelief; "gave the teacher an implausible excuse"

improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)

adj. too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"

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