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adjectivebringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem. Origin of creditableFirst recorded in 1520–30; credit + -able SYNONYMS FOR creditablepraiseworthy, meritorious, estimable, honorable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR creditable ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM creditablecred·it·a·ble·ness, cred·it·a·bil·i·ty, nouncred·it·a·bly, adverbnon·cred·it·a·ble, adjectivenon·cred·it·a·ble·ness, noun non·cred·it·a·bly, adverbun·cred·it·a·ble, adjectiveun·cred·it·a·ble·ness, nounun·cred·it·a·bly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH creditablecredible, creditable Words nearby creditableCredé's method, credibility, credibility gap, credible, credit, creditable, credit account, credit bureau, credit card, credit crunch, credit default swap Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for creditableDiscredited voices get just as much love from the First Amendment as creditable ones, so the Cheneys can say whatever they want. The Cheneys’ Permanent War|Heather Hurlburt|June 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Not many would disagree that Clapper has done a creditable job at ODNI. Spy Chief James Clapper: We Can’t Stop Another Snowden|Eli Lake|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Smith did a creditable job narrating Pershing's (unsuccessful) 1916 expedition in pursuit of Pancho Villa. David's Bookclub: Until the Last Trumpet Sounds|David Frum|December 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST Has there ever been a creditable female character in any of his books? Who Is the Best Western Novelist?|Allen Barra|November 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Thou likest broad pieces and a creditable name,—go to London and be a trader. The Last Of The Barons, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton Her performance was, however, considered entirely satisfactory and creditable. Every-day Science: Volume VI. The Conquest of Nature|Henry Smith Williams His book is creditable to his unshaken faith, and it presents the religious aspect of modern knowledge in a thorough manner. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877|Various In the proud record of the eminent public men of our state, the name of Gov. Head has high and creditable rank. Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men|Various But how far is this creditable to Mr. Brooke's intelligence? Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote
British Dictionary definitions for creditable
adjectivedeserving credit, honour, etc; praiseworthy obsolete credible Derived forms of creditablecreditableness or creditability, nouncreditably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to creditableexemplary, admirable, estimable, respectable, commendable, laudable, decent, deserving, excellent, honest, honorable, meritorious, nasty, organic, reputable, reputed, satisfactory, suitable, worthy, palmary |