What is the Latin word for plausible?

The usual Latin words for “plausible” are speciōsus, simulō, fingō; also fūcō, fūcōsus, colōrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“plausible” in Latin

speciōsusgood-looking, handsome, beautiful; splendid, brilliant; showy, specious simulōto make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent; to feign, pretend; to behave or act (as if, as though)fingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough); to touch, touch gently, stroke, stroke gently, handle; to adorn, dress, arrange fūcōto colour, paint, dye; to embellish, dissemble, falsify fūcōsuspainted, coloured, beautified; fake, counterfeit, spurious colōrōto color, tinge, imbue; to paint, dye

The English word plausible itself goes back to Latin plaudō, through plausibilis.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

plausible

Probable, Vid:

Specious, speciosus (making a fair show): simulatus, fictus (pretended): fucatus, fucosus, coloratus (fair and delusive).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for plausible?: The usual Latin words for “plausible” are speciōsus, simulō, fingō; also fūcō, fūcōsus, colōrō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.