Synonyms of accrediting

accrediting

verb

present participle of accredit

1

as in ascribing

to explain (something) as being the result of something else

accredits his good choice of movies to reading a reviewer who seldom steers him wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ascribing
• attributing
• crediting
• imputing
• blaming
• linking
• referring
• laying
• putting down
• connecting
• assigning
• attaching
• chalking up
• pinning (on)
• charging
• imputing (to)
• associating
• fathering (on)

2

as in enabling

to give official or legal power to

took a course that accredited her to teach first aid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enabling
• authorizing
• empowering
• qualifying
• certifying
• licensing
• commissioning
• permitting
• chartering
• investing
• warranting
• approving
• vesting
• allowing
• entitling
• sanctioning
• endorsing
• credentialing
• affirming
• confirming
• validating
• installing
• initiating
• letting
• inducting
• inaugurating
• privileging
• instating
• clearing
• OK'ing
• swearing in
• enfranchising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disqualifying
• preventing
• excluding
• denying
• blocking
• inhibiting
• banning
• stopping
• hindering
• impeding
• constraining
• obstructing
• discouraging
• prohibiting
• disallowing
• barring
• holding back
• shutting out
• forbidding
• proscribing
• outlawing
• enjoining
• vetoing
• disbarring
• disenfranchising
• disfranchising
• interdicting

3

as in praising

to declare enthusiastic approval of

generally accredited as the finest American dramatist of the postwar generation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• praising
• applauding
• hailing
• acclaiming
• commending
• saluting
• lauding
• cheering
• endorsing
• approving
• touting
• cracking up
• rising (to)
• recommending
• clapping
• doffing one's hat to
• favoring
• celebrating
• supporting
• ballyhooing
• rooting (for)
• emblazoning
• extolling
• eulogizing
• singing
• bravoing
• flattering
• glorifying
• idolizing
• deifying
• magnifying
• overpraising
• adulating
• belauding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• knocking
• slamming
• panning
• blaming
• disparaging
• belittling
• criticizing
• putting down
• censuring
• rebuking
• admonishing
• reprobating
• reprimanding
• chiding
• reproving
• reproaching
• discommending
• reprehending
• vilifying
• castigating
• excoriating
• lambasting
• slagging
• skewering
• keelhauling

4

as in approving

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory

thus far the board has refused to accredit the school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• approving
• ratifying
• confirming
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• authorizing
• finalizing
• accepting
• formalizing
• acknowledging
• signing
• warranting
• certifying
• affirming
• clearing
• approbating
• homologating
• validating
• OK'ing
• licensing
• sanctifying
• permitting
• enabling
• blessing
• passing
• legalizing
• initialing
• canonizing
• allowing
• rubber-stamping
• signing off (on)
• reapproving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• rejecting
• declining
• prohibiting
• disapproving
• disallowing
• vetoing
• forbidding
• turning down
• banning
• proscribing
• negativing
• enjoining
• ignoring
• interdicting
• neglecting
• disregarding
• refusing
• overlooking
• rebutting
• illegalizing
• spurning
• rebuffing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accrediting

What schools said about name change Queens and Elon in September announced plans to merge that became official in June after the universities’ accrediting agency gave its blessing. — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Not all private schools are accredited and not all accrediting agencies are equally rigorous. — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026

One good way to reverse engineer a culture of alcohol education could be for accrediting groups to add questions about alcohol screening and treatment to board exams. — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 14 July 2026

Traditional oversight from accrediting agencies is faltering, necessitating new approaches. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

In March 2024, the New England Commission of Higher Education, which is responsible for accrediting colleges and universities in the Northeast, created guidelines for colleges that want to implement these programs. — Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026

Though framed as a request for information, Levine’s letter signals that Florida’s campaign against accrediting bodies — once focused on general university oversight — is expanding into medicine, one of the most tightly regulated sectors of higher education. — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026

Some Republican states are pushing to reduce the American Bar Association’s long domination in accrediting law schools. — Ella Lee, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2026

Feisel also was involved with ABET, the organization responsible for accrediting engineering programs. — Amanda Davis, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2025