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# believable

adjective (believable, more believable, most believable); opposite unbelievable

«believable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Easy to believe; seeming true or possible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believable/#m1)
2. (of a character in a story or film) Seeming like a real person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In reading and writing lessons: a believable character, a believable excuse. In judging answers and news: is the claim believable? In safety, scams try to sound believable. Phrases: hardly believable, a believable story.

### Examples

- Her excuse was not very believable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believable/#x1)
- The actor made the character believable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believable/#x2)
- It's a believable story, but is it true? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believable/#x3)
- Scammers make their messages look believable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believable/#x4)
- Write a believable ending for the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believable/#x5)
- His explanation sounded believable to the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believable/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: believe drops the e: believ-able. Opposite: unbelievable, which in everyday speech also means amazing (That goal was unbelievable!). Believable does not mean true; something can sound believable and still be false.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «believable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/believable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«believable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/believable.html) on Mova free.