Meanings
- pluralplural of credential
- pluralplural onlyDocumentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.
Synonyms: letter of credence
- figurativelyindicativepluralplural onlypresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of credential
But it was a match of high quality with England's star players James and Bronze showing their credentials and Spain's threat continuing until the final whistle.
2025 February 26, Emma Sanders, “'A proper English performance' against Spain”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
nounDocumentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 國書 /国书
- 國書 /国书 (guóshū)documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority
Dutch geloofsbrief
- geloofsbriefdocumentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority
Finnish valtakirja
- valtakirjadocumentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority
German Beglaubigungsschreiben, Anmeldedaten
- Beglaubigungsschreibendocumentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority
- Anmeldedatenlogin data
Japanese 信任状
- 信任状 (shinninjō)documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority
Russian данные учётной записи
- данные учётной записи (dannyje učótnoj zapisi)login data
Cite this entry
credentials. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credentials
“credentials.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credentials. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “credentials,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credentials.
Source: credentials on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.