creditable

[kred-i-tuh-buhl]

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adjective

bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.

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Origin of creditable

First recorded in 1520–30; credit + -able

SYNONYMS FOR creditable

praiseworthy, meritorious, estimable, honorable.

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cred·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

Can be confusedcredible creditable

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Examples from the Web for creditable

Discredited 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

creditable

adjective

deserving credit, honour, etc; praiseworthy

obsolete credible

Derived Formscreditableness or creditability, nouncreditably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for creditable

creditable

adj.

1520s, from credit + -able. Related: Creditably; creditability.