creditable

adjective

cred·it·able ˈkre-di-tə-bəl

Synonyms of creditable next

: worthy of belief

a creditable report

: sufficiently good to bring esteem or praise

a creditable performance

: worthy of commercial credit

: capable of being assigned

creditability

ˌkre-di-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē

noun

creditableness

ˈkre-di-tə-bəl-nəs

noun

creditably

ˈkre-di-tə-blē

adverb

Examples of creditable in a Sentence

a creditable effort, even if it didn't succeed completely let's look for a scientifically creditable explanation before going off into the realm of the supernatural

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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. —

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024 The first musical performance of the evening was offered by Vivant, a band of young boys that includes Homme’s son Ryder on drums, doing creditable covers of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024 Its ten-year earnings growth rate is a highly creditable 23%. —

John Dorfman, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 Liverpool lost ground over Christmas and New Year, a couple of creditable draws and a dispiriting defeat against a weakened Leicester City casting Klopp’s team adrift. —

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