Credible
Credible adjective - Worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable.
Established and credible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Established" instead an adjective "Credible".
Established
Established adjective - Brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established.
Credible and established are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Credible" instead an adjective "Established".
Nearby Words: establishment, establishing
Related pairs
- sound and credible
- sound and established
- secure and credible
- secure and established
- certain and credible
- certain and established
- solid and credible
- solid and established
- true and credible
- true and established
- legitimate and credible
- legitimate and established
- valid and credible
- valid and established
Both words in one sentence
- Mia and Edgeworth were both established as having perfect win records previously, and instead of creating a new, credible villain who'd then have to be introduced and summarily never seen again they just used an old character.
Source: Underdogs Never Lose -
Sutekh is revealed near the end to be a weirdo with patently ridiculous plans for taking over the city, well after he was established as a very credible threat who murdered Vortex and repeatedly tried to do likewise to Nightshade.
Source: Video Game / Nightshade -
Pulis moved on to West Brom afterwards and Palace have further established themselves in the Premier League mix under former Newcastle manager (and ex-Palace player) Alan Pardew, who has succeeded in making them a credible threat to the very top teams, particularly the long suffering Liverpool.
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