Plausible and Reasonable

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Plausible adjective - Worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable.

Usage example: it's a plausible explanation for the demise of that prehistoric species

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Reasonable is a synonym for plausible in satisfactory topic. In some cases you can use "Reasonable" instead an adjective "Plausible", when it comes to topics like believable, credible.

Nearby Words: plausibly, plausibility

Reasonable adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

Usage example: those playing rules sound reasonable to me

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Plausible is a synonym for reasonable in sensible topic. You can use "Plausible" instead an adjective "Reasonable", if it concerns topics such as moderate, satisfactory, intelligent, tenable.

Magmatter, made from magnetic monopoles is perhaps one of the cleverest, and has a reasonable amount of vaguely plausible science behind it.

Source: Unobtainium
No Periods, Period: It's plausible for a thirteen-year-old girl not to have started her period yet, which makes a reasonable justification for the trope, but it's decidedly less plausible that none of them would have started menstruating by that age.

Source: Literature / The Baby-Sitters Club
The Baby-Sitters Club: It's plausible for a thirteen-year-old girl not to have started her period yet, which makes a reasonable justification for the trope, but it's decidedly less plausible that none of them would have started menstruating by that age.

Source: No Periods, Period

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