believability

Other forms: believabilities

Definitions of believability
  1. noun
    the quality of being believable or trustworthy
    synonyms: credibility, credibleness
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    authenticity, genuineness, legitimacy
    undisputed credibility
    cogency, rigor, rigour, validity
    the quality of being valid and rigorous
    plausibility, plausibleness
    apparent validity
    cred, street cred, street credibility
    credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
    real McCoy, real stuff, real thing
    informal usage attributing authenticity
    reasonableness, tenability, tenableness
    the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
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    quality
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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