creditable
English
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Pronunciation
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[edit]creditable (comparative more creditable, superlative most creditable)
- Credible or believable.
- Synonyms: believable, credible
- Antonyms: unbelievable, incredible, increditable
- 1847, Benjamin Franklin Hall, The Land Owner's Manual:
- Before receiving his testimony, the officer is required to ascertain from his own knowledge or by a creditable witness that he is a subscribing witness to the deed.
- 1996, Giannino Malossi, Latin Lover: The Passionate South:
- A more creditable rumour concerned Valentino's hallmark killer glance ...
- That brings credit or honour; respectable.
- Synonyms: admirable, commendable, laudable; see also Thesaurus:respectable
- 1960 March, “Notes and News: Two Scenes from Norfolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 214:
- The locomotive had been magnificently burnished at Norwich depot, with polished brasswork and red-painted coupling rods—all the more creditable, Dr. Allen adds, as it spent many months last winter in open store.
- That can be assigned; assignable.
- Synonym: assignable
Usage notes
[edit]Some authorities regard the usage of creditable in sense 1 (credible, believable) as an error.
Derived terms
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[edit]believable
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that brings credit
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that can be assigned
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