Meanings
plural credibilities
- countableuncountableA reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.
2 more examples
The inability of Trump's own spokespeople to speak authoritatively on the president's thinking and actions -- a challenge even Trump himself has acknowledged -- has left the White House with an enormous credibility gap, and has tarnished the reputations of many of its most visible spokespeople.
2017 May 16, Dylan Byers, “Does anyone in Trump's White House have credibility?”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2025The 'partygate' controversy has played a major part in undermining the credibility of Boris Johnson and his Government and has led to calls from senior MPs for him to resign.
2022 January 26, “Network News: DfT awaits verdict on COVID 'partygate' scandal”, in RAIL, number 949, page 6Synonyms: believability, personal capital
- countableuncountablelawA believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being believable or trustworthy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincredibilis
- Medieval Latincredibilitas
- Frenchcrédibilité
- Englishcredibility
Borrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis. By surface analysis, credible + -ity.
More words from French, Medieval Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans geloofwaardigheid
- geloofwaardigheidreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Arabic مِصْدَاقِيّة
- مِصْدَاقِيّة (miṣdāqiyya)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Bulgarian достоверност, меродавност
- достоверност (dostovernost)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- меродавност (merodavnost)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- надеждност (nadeždnost)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Catalan credibilitat
- credibilitatreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Chinese Mandarin 可靠性, 可信性
- 可靠性 (kěkàoxìng)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- 可信性 (kěxìnxìng)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- 可靠性 (kěkàoxìng)law: whether or not a witness is being truthful
- 可信性 (kěxìnxìng)law: whether or not a witness is being truthful
Czech důvěryhodnost
- důvěryhodnostreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Dutch geloofwaardigheid
- geloofwaardigheidreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Finnish uskottavuus, uskottavuus
- uskottavuusreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- uskottavuuslaw: whether or not a witness is being truthful
French crédibilité
- crédibilitéreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
German Glaubwürdigkeit, Glaubwürdigkeit
- Glaubwürdigkeitreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- Glaubwürdigkeitlaw: whether or not a witness is being truthful
Hebrew אמינות, אמון
- אמינות (aminút)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- אמון (emún)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Hindi प्रामाणिकता
- प्रामाणिकता (prāmāṇiktā)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Hungarian hihetőség, szavahihetőség
- hihetőségreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- szavahihetőségreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Indonesian keterpercayaan, kredibilitas
- keterpercayaanreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- kredibilitasreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Irish inchreidteacht, creidiúnacht
- inchreidteachtreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- creidiúnachtlaw: whether or not a witness is being truthful
Italian credibilità
- credibilitàreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Japanese 信用性
- 信用性 (shin'yō-sē)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Malay kebolehpercayaan, kredibiliti
- kebolehpercayaanreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- kredibilitireputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Norwegian troverdighet
- troverdighetreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Polish wiarygodność, wiarygodność
- wiarygodnośćreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- wiarygodnośćlaw: whether or not a witness is being truthful
Portuguese credibilidade
- credibilidadereputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Romanian credibilitate, credibilitate
- credibilitatereputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- credibilitatelaw: whether or not a witness is being truthful
Russian креди́т доверия, достове́рность
- креди́т доверия (kredít doverija)reputation impacting one's ability to be believed
- достове́рность (dostovérnostʹ)law: whether or not a witness is being truthful
Scottish Gaelic creideas
- creideasreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Spanish credibilidad
- credibilidadreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Swedish trovärdighet
- trovärdighetreputation impacting one's ability to be believed
Cite this entry
credibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credibility
“credibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credibility. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “credibility,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credibility.
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