cred

[ kred ]

noun

, Slang.

1. the quality of being believable or worthy of respect, especially within a particular social, professional, or other group: street cred.

   If you wear this t-shirt, you’ll be earning geek cred.

   Both chefs have plenty of Southern cred.

cred

/ krɛd /

noun

1. slang.
   short for credibility

   street cred

Word History and Origins

Origin of cred¹

Shortened form of credibility

Example Sentences

She was releasing this stuff on her own out of pure passion, and she wasn’t tapped into the academic system at all, which is how most women got their cred then.

From Washington Post

Before moving to California after college, I tossed aside my bad-ass cred and talked mom into selling me her Pontiac Bonneville station wagon.

From Washington Blade

The new financing round, a Series C for CRED, was led by existing investor DST Global.

From TechCrunch

Kunal Shah has the luxury of time for building CRED into the company he envisions it to be.

From TechCrunch

The authors have plenty of cred in the world of running science.

From Outside Online

Is there a fear that any form of popular embrace would damage the cred of ICP and the label?

From The Daily Beast

Ignore the talk about purity tests, progressive cred, and skipping to a post-presidency status.

From The Daily Beast

Over the years, she has built up her conservative street cred.

From The Daily Beast

And now, he's going to have even more cred among the win-the-morning-Game-Change crowd that sets the conventional wisdom.

From The Daily Beast

Yet for all her cred as a femme serieux, Kennedy keeps in close touch with the naughty girl of her past.

From The Daily Beast

I was de-light-ed to know that you had pass-ed and that you have been such a cred-it to your col-lege.

From Project Gutenberg

Tan-cred has no finesse; his replies neutralised, nay, destroyed, all my counter representations.

From Project Gutenberg

Cred′ulousness; Creed, a summary of articles of religious belief, esp.

From Project Gutenberg

For twinty years a section boss, he worked upon the track, And be it to his cred-i-it he niver had a wrack.

From Project Gutenberg