| Main Entry: | adequacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, competency in some |
Synonyms: |
action capability, capacity, commensurateness, competence, enough, fairness, plenty, requisiteness, satisfactoriness, sufficiency, suitableness, tolerableness |
Antonyms: |
inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency |
| Main Entry: | credibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believeableness |
Synonyms: |
believability, chance, integrity, likelihood, plausibility, possibility, probability, prospect, reliability, satisfactoriness, solidity, solidness, soundness, tenability, trustworthiness, validity |
| Notes: | something is credible to the extent that it is worthy of belief, so that credibility is worthiness of belief; credence is an acknowledgment of such worthiness |
Antonyms: |
implausibility, improbability, unreasonableness |
| Main Entry: | plausibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verisimilitude |
Synonyms: |
believability, chance, color, credibility, credibleness, creditability, creditableness, integrity, likelihood, plausibleness, possibility, probability, prospect, reliability, satisfactoriness, solidity, solidness, soundness, tenability, trustworthiness, validity |
| Main Entry: | plausibleness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verisimilitude |
Synonyms: |
believability, chance, color, credibility, credibleness, creditability, creditableness, integrity, likelihood, plausibility, possibility, probability, prospect, reliability, satisfactoriness, solidity, solidness, soundness, tenability, trustworthiness, validity |