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creditable

American  
[kred-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈkrɛd ɪ tə bəl /

adjective

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

    Synonyms:
    honorable, estimable, meritorious, praiseworthy
creditable British  
/ ˈkrɛdɪtəbəl /

adjective

  1. deserving credit, honour, etc; praiseworthy

  2. obsolete credible

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Other Word Forms

  • creditability noun
  • creditableness noun
  • creditably adverb
  • noncreditable adjective
  • noncreditableness noun
  • noncreditably adverb
  • uncreditable adjective
  • uncreditableness noun
  • uncreditably adverb

Etymology

Origin of creditable

First recorded in 1520–30; credit + -able

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Though the ratio isn’t a perfect predictor of the stock market’s subsequent 12-month return, it has done a creditable job since 2014.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Though the ratio isn’t a perfect predictor of the stock market’s subsequent 12-month return, it has done a creditable job since 2014.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

That task finally fell to Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who went 0.73sec ahead of the Austrian who finished up a creditable 11th.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

It was highly creditable for England to get so close to chasing down 374, what would have been their second highest of all time.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

All this history seems both plausible and creditable, good reading for doctors, but there is always that other leech, the worm.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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