Basic Details
Word: Creditable
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Good enough to deserve praise, even if not the very best.
Synonyms: praiseworthy, commendable, respectable, admirable
Antonyms: shameful, poor, disgraceful
How to Spell Creditable
Syllables: cred - it - a - ble
Tricky part: It is credit plus able, so the ending is able, not ible. Do not confuse it with credible, which means believable and has no it.
Watch out for: creditible, creditabel, creditabble
Memory tip: An effort that earns credit is credit-able: the full word credit, then able.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Our school team put up a creditable fight against the district champions.
Example 2: Finishing fifth in her first marathon was a creditable result.
Example 3: The young author's first book received creditable reviews.
Fun Fact
Credit comes from the Latin credere, to believe or trust, which is also the root of creed and incredible.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the word that becomes a real word when able is added.
able
a) credit
b) response
c) reverse
d) permit
Show answer
a) credit. Credit takes able as it is; permit, reverse and response go to permissible, reversible and responsible, which use ible.
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to creditable as used in the sentence:
Even though they lost, the village team put up a creditable performance against the state champions.
a) praiseworthy
b) careless
c) shameful
d) lucky
Show answer
a) praiseworthy. A creditable performance deserves praise, so praiseworthy fits.
Mingle-Mangle
The jumbled word in the sentence hides a real word. Choose it:
Our small band's ltabdeceir show at the inter-school music festival earned a special mention from the judges.
a) delectable
b) credible
c) detectable
d) creditable
Show answer
d) creditable. Credible is two letters short and detectable needs a second t, so the letters give creditable, a show worth praising.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sentence uses creditable correctly?
a) Her story was not creditable, so nobody believed it.
b) He creditable the money to my account.
c) Coming second in the state quiz was a creditable effort.
d) The bank gave him a creditable card.
Show answer
c) Coming second in the state quiz was a creditable effort.
2. Creditable and credible look alike. Credible means ____.
a) costly
b) praiseworthy
c) famous
d) believable
Show answer
d) believable
