Believable
Believable adjective - Worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable.
Usage example: she had a believable excuse for missing the deadline
Unbelievable
Unbelievable adjective - Too extraordinary or improbable to believe.
Usage example: a completely unbelievable story about why there was lipstick on his collar
Believable is an antonym for unbelievable in beyond the imagination topic.
Nearby Words: unbelieving, unbeliever
Both words in one sentence
- Many film critics who otherwise enjoyed Schindler's List complained that the one thing they found unbelievable was Ralph Fiennes' villain Amon Goeth, saying that he was far too evil to be believable.
Source: Reality Is Unrealistic / Film - The worst part is that it was just about believable that he would do, well, some of things he did, with his established character, and if he had stayed in character instead of channeling a Bond villain it might not have seemed so unbelievable.
Source: Motive Rant -
The foreign language is accurate, the historical people are accurate, the magic is consistent, the gargoyles have (by the standards of Hollywood) a believable biology rather than just being magic, and every single character is complex to unbelievable levels.
Source: Doing It for the Art
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