Your explanation sounds plausible, but it just doesn't hold water.
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Plausible
/ˈplɔː.zɪ.bl̩/
Synonyms for "plausible" (115 found)
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Closest matches (23)
acceptableadmissibleallegedapparentapparently soundbelievablecasuisticcertaincogentcogitablecolorablecoloredconceivableconceivably possiblecontingent
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (35)
Adjective(15 words)
Related words (57)
Noun(2 words)
most naturalposs
Adjective(14 words)
possible outcomespotential solutionpresumableprobableprobable conclusionprobable effectrealist fictionrealistic approachrealistic movementreliable resultsustainable resourcetenableunderstandableverisimilar
Verb(1 words)
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4 entriescredible hypothesisplausible explanationplausible hypothesistenable interpretation
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6 entriesplausible argumentplausible explanationplausible hypothesisplausible mechanismplausible rationaleplausible scenario
Inflections
2 entriesmore plausiblemost plausible
Derivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
7 entriesSample sentences
16 total sentences available.
A more plausible proposal is the one Leech presented in conjunction with Emmet's theory.
Source: tatoeba (29707)
What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all other vices except this one. Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.
Source: tatoeba (426680)
This thing seems very plausible to me.
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