| ADJECTIVE | all | implausible | having a quality that provokes disbelief |
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| Sounds | ihmplao'zahbahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Having a quality that provokes disbelief. | |
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| Example | "gave the teacher an implausible excuse" | |
| Narrower | cockamamie, cockamamy | Informal term for ridiculous and implausible |
| farfetched, far-fetched | (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable | |
| improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely | Having a probability too low to inspire belief | |
| See also | incredible, unbelievable | Beyond belief or understanding |
| Opposite | plausible | apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful |
| Spanish | inverosímil | |
| Nouns | implausibility, implausibleness | the quality of provoking disbelief |
| Adverbs | implausibly | not easy to believe |
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