credibleness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈkrɛdəbəlnəs/ UK /ˈkrɛdɪbəlnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being believable or trustworthy The witness's calm demeanor lent credibleness to her account. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... credibilitybelievabilityplausibilitytrustworthinessreliability ↔ Opposites implausibilityincredibilityunreliability Word family Related forms crediblecredibilitycredencecredit Etymology AI details From 'credible' + the suffix '-ness'; 'credible' comes from Latin 'crēdibilis' ('worthy of belief'), from 'crēdere' ('to believe'). crēdibilis Latin crēdere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # credibleness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkrɛdəbəlnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkrɛdɪbəlnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being believable or trustworthy ## Examples - The witness's calm demeanor lent credibleness to her account. ## Synonyms - credibility - believability - plausibility - trustworthiness - reliability ## Antonyms - implausibility - incredibility - unreliability ## Related Forms - credible - credibility - credence - credit ## Roots and Affixes - Root: crēdibilis - Root: crēdere ## Etymology From 'credible' + the suffix '-ness'; 'credible' comes from Latin 'crēdibilis' ('worthy of belief'), from 'crēdere' ('to believe'). ## AI Etymology Credibleness is from 'credible' + the suffix '-ness'; 'credible' comes from Latin 'crēdibilis' ('worthy of belief'), from 'crēdere' ('to believe'). The ancestry passes through Latin crēdibilis and Latin crēdere. The suffix -ness marks an abstract noun of quality or state, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "the quality of being believable or trustworthy", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include credible, credibility, credence, and credit. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown