credibilitynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌkred.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌkred.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/C2 the fact that someone can be believed or trusted:
His arrest for lewd behaviour seriously damaged his credibility as a religious leader.
He complained that we had tried to undermine his credibility within the company.
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- A mistake like that will do his credibility a lot of harm.
- The result of the vote poses a serious challenge to the government's credibility.
- With five consecutive defeats, the manager has lost all credibility.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not believing
- are my eyes deceiving me? idiom
- as if! idiom
- authority
- believe
- believe sth when you see it idiom
- denial
- I'll eat my hat idiom
- iconoclastic
- in your dreams! idiom
- incredulous
- is he/she for real? idiom
- joke
- Marines
- salt
- satisfied
- self-deception
- since when idiom
- take sth with a pinch of salt idiom
- tell me another one! idiom
- worship
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