Thesaurus: creditable
Worthy of belief.
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Definitions
- a. Worthy of belief.
- a. Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.
- a. Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him.
- adj. worthy of often limited commendation
- 1. Worthy of belief. [Obs.] Divers creditable witnesses deposed. Ludlow. 2. Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable. This gentleman was born of creditable parents. Goldsmith. 3. Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him. Macualay. He settled him in a good creditable way of living. Arbuthnot.
- j:100 s. worthy of often limited commendation