believability
Quality of convincing
Believability is the quality of seeming true or credible.
A story's believability depends on internal consistency and plausible details.
The film's believability suffered from wooden dialogue.
Unlike truth, believability concerns perception—something can be believable without being true, or true without being believable.
Seeming likely true
- convincingAble to persuade
- persuasiveAble to convince others
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- feasibleCapable of being done
conceivable · tenable · probable · viable · sound · logical · reasonable · coherent
Quality of being genuine
- genuineTruly what it claims
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
- legitimateConforming to accepted standards
- bona fideAuthentic and sincere
sincere · unfeigned · original · unadulterated · verifiable · documented · certified · validated
Consistent, predictable performance
- dependableWorthy of trust
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- honestFree from deception
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
honorable · reputable · accountable · transparent · consistent · track record · established · vetted
Resembling the real thing
- naturalisticImitating actual appearance
- convincingAble to persuade
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- accurateConforming to fact
factual · empirical · down-to-earth · practical · grounded · plausible · representational · mimetic
plausibility
Seeming likely true
- convincingAble to persuade
- persuasiveAble to convince others
- likelihoodChance something will occur
feasible · conceivable · tenable · probable · viable · sound · logical · reasonable · coherent · consistent
authenticity
Quality of being genuine
- genuineTruly what it claims
- verisimilitudeAppearance of being factual
- legitimateConforming to accepted standards
bona fide · sincere · unfeigned · original · unadulterated · verifiable · documented · certified · validated · substantiated
reliability
Consistent, predictable performance
- dependableWorthy of trust
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- honestFree from deception
integrity · honorable · reputable · accountable · transparent · consistent · track record · established · vetted · vouched
lifelike
Resembling the real thing
- naturalisticImitating actual appearance
- convincingAble to persuade
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
accurate · factual · empirical · down-to-earth · practical · grounded · plausible · representational · mimetic · recognizable
- writing craftcreative writing, diction, fiction writing, pacing, novel writing
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
- credibilityplausibility, authenticity, reliability, trustworthiness, accuracy
- acting termsmethod acting, overacting, character voice, dialogue, body language
- realismrealism, representational, figurative, naturalism, realist art
believabilityunbelievability
State of seeming impossible
implausibility · incredibility · improbability · preposterousness · absurdity
believabilityartificiality
State of being contrived
fakeness · phoniness · contrivance · falseness · hollowness
belief, believe, credit, believing, unbelievable, believer, disbelief, believed, credibility