credible
KRED-uh-buladjMeaning believable; worthy of trust
Memory hook CRED-ible: can you give it CREDIT?. Dev says the dog ate his homework, but Dev has no dog. His teacher gives the story no credit at all: it isn’t credible.
Dev’s excuse was hardly credible: a dog ate his homework, and he has no dog.
In context The story seemed far-fetched at first, but it became credible once three hikers who had never met described the same strange lights over the lake.
Similar believable, plausible, convincing, trustworthy
Opposite incredible, unbelievable, implausible
From Latin credibilis, from credere, “to believe.”