creditable

[ kred-i-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

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

   Synonyms: honorable, estimable, meritorious, praiseworthy

creditable

/ ˈkrɛdɪtəbəl /

adjective

1. deserving credit, honour, etc; praiseworthy
2. obsolete.
   credible

Derived Forms

• ˈcreditably, adverb
• ˈcreditableness, noun

Other Words From

• credit·a·ble·ness credit·a·bili·ty noun
• credit·a·bly adverb
• non·credit·a·ble adjective
• non·credit·a·ble·ness noun
• non·credit·a·bly adverb
• un·credit·a·ble adjective
• un·credit·a·ble·ness noun
• un·credit·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of creditable¹

First recorded in 1520–30; credit + -able

Example Sentences

Scotland's Oscar Onley, 21, was the first Briton home in a creditable 16th place.

From BBC

The policy record is bad enough, but even a creditable Trump initiative shouldn’t offset voters’ concerns about his manifest character flaws.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t care if Gov. Walz retired as an E-8 rather than as an E-9, or that he retired with 24 years of creditable National Guard service instead of re-upping for yet another hitch.

From Salon

They were nowhere near their best but this was still a creditable achievement.

From BBC

Rasmussen Reports used to be a fairly creditable and credible political polling organization, good enough to be included among the pollsters relied on by services such as FiveThirtyEight to give a broad-spectrum gauge of voter sentiment in the run-up to state and federal elections.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• admirable
• commendable
• estimable
• exemplary
• laudable
• respectable