credibility C1 Topic:People & Society US /kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/ See IPA manual Freq #10614 Meanings 1 noun The quality of being believable and trustworthy. The scandal seriously damaged the politician's credibility. 2 noun A reputation that makes people likely to believe and respect you. Years of honest reporting gave the newspaper great credibility. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... believabilitycredibleness 2 noun · a reputation that makes... personal capital Word family Forms credibilities Derived forms noncredibility Related forms credencecrediblecredit Common collocations street credibility Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis. By surface analysis, credible + -ity. *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European credibilitas la-med credibilis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # credibility **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/ **Frequency rank:** 10614 ## Meanings 1. The quality of being believable and trustworthy. 2. A reputation that makes people likely to believe and respect you. ## Examples - The scandal seriously damaged the politician's credibility. - Years of honest reporting gave the newspaper great credibility. ## Derived Forms - noncredibility ## Related Forms - credence - credible - credit ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ḱerd- - Root: credibilitas - Root: credibilis ## Etymology Borrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis. By surface analysis, credible + -ity. ## AI Etymology Credibility is borrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis. By surface analysis, credible + -ity. In present-day use, it can mean the quality of being believable and trustworthy, or a reputation that makes people likely to believe and respect you. Derived formations include noncredibility. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown