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Common collocations with plausible in American Collocation

plausible adjective

US /ˈplɔzəb(ə)l/

very/not very

entirely
not remotely
perfectly
remotely
superficially
utterly

I presented him with this perfectly plausible theory and he threw it back in my face.

rather

quite
reasonably

Although I am unable to verify this story I find it quite plausible.

in a particular way

biologically
intuitively
physically
psychologically
scientifically

There is enough evidence for evolution to make it scientifically plausible.

suggestion

argument
assumption
hypothesis
scenario
suggestion
theory

The most plausible scenario was thought to be connected with the volcanically active moon Io.

explanation

explanation
interpretation
mechanism

They argued that they could find no plausible mechanism which would be responsible for the effect.

appear
be
look
remain
seem
sound

The significance of these observations is unclear, and it remains plausible that this is simply an effect of differences in the sleep/wake cycle.