Dictionary

creditable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɹɛdɪtəbəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree English credit Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English creditable From credit + -able.

Meanings

1. Credible or believable.
   • 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. 1847, Benjamin Franklin Hall, The Land Owner's Manual:
   • A more creditable rumour concerned Valentino's hallmark killer glance ... 1996, Giannino Malossi, Latin Lover: The Passionate South:
2. That brings credit or honour; respectable.
   • 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. 1960 March 14, “Notes and News: Two Scenes from Norfolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 214:
3. That can be assigned; assignable.

Forms

Antonyms

unbelievable · incredible · increditable

Deriveds

uncreditable · creditably · creditableness · creditability

Synonyms

assignable · admirable · laudable · praiseworthy · glorious · estimable · commendable · allowable · commendable · reverend · believable · credible · honorable · laudable · valuable · venerable · reverable · respectable · creditable · admirable · worthy

Translations (3)

de ernstzunehmend (that can be assigned) · de respektabel (that brings credit) · de glaubwürdig (believable)