🇬🇧 Believable meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

If something is believable, it sounds true and makes sense, so your brain says, “Yeah, that could really happen,” instead of, “No way, that’s impossible!”

Mom said it wasn’t believable that my peas “magically teleported” into the trash can right after I said I hated peas.

It was believable that my baby cousin spilled the milk, but less believable that the milk “slipped on its own.”

My dog gave me a very believable sad face, and suddenly my sandwich just didn’t belong to me anymore.

My little sister made a believable face of innocence, but the crayon drawings on the wall told a different story.

It was almost believable when Grandpa said he used to walk uphill both ways to school on a flat street.

At the market a girl held up a painting of a lost dog. The painting looked believable; her eyes were small but honest; her story sounded believable. The vendor offered help because her plea and voice were believable; even the old man, cold, found her fear believable. They followed the sketch, found the dog. It felt believable, and everyone cheered.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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