creditable
[kred-i-tuh-buh l]
- bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
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Origin of creditable
Synonyms
See more synonyms for creditable on Thesaurus.compraiseworthy, meritorious, estimable, honorable.
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Contemporary Examples
Discredited voices get just as much love from the First Amendment as creditable ones, so the Cheneys can say whatever they want.
Not many would disagree that Clapper has done a creditable job at ODNI.
Smith did a creditable job narrating Pershing's (unsuccessful) 1916 expedition in pursuit of Pancho Villa.
Has there ever been a creditable female character in any of his books?
Historical Examples
Under fire you said a most courageous, womanly, creditable thing.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
Jacob offered to leave the price to be named by any creditable watchmaker.
Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
The Editor made a step forward, bowed with creditable steadiness.
Within the TidesJoseph Conrad
When the French police make a search, they do so with a creditable thoroughness.
The White LieWilliam Le Queux
But I happened to know that the circumstances on her side were not creditable.
'Charge It'Irving Bacheller
creditable
- deserving credit, honour, etc; praiseworthy
- obsolete credible
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Word Origin and History for creditable
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