Synonyms of credential

credential

verb

as in to approve

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory

She was credentialed as a speech pathologist in August.

Related Words

• approve
• sanction
• confirm
• endorse
• certify
• validate
• induct
• license
• accredit
• affirm
• OK
• privilege
• install
• permit
• commission
• initiate
• inaugurate
• clear
• let
• charter
• instate
• authorize
• qualify
• entitle
• swear in
• allow
• vest
• enable
• warrant
• empower
• enfranchise
• invest

Dissimilar Words

• deny
• prevent
• bar
• block
• shut out
• stop
• exclude
• ban
• discourage
• hold back
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• constrain
• disallow
• obstruct
• veto
• prohibit
• forbid
• disbar
• outlaw
• enjoin
• disqualify
• disfranchise
• disenfranchise
• interdict
• proscribe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of credential

Microsoft’s Elevate Academy has lofty goals to credential 20 million people in AI within two years by training them on AI basics as well as advanced machine learning courses. — Scott Francis, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026

But on the eve of the 2025 Australian Open, The Athletic exclusively reported that Vukov had been provisionally suspended by the WTA Tour during a Code of Conduct investigation, and Tennis Australia did not credential him for the tournament. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026

Xi will have multiple ways to credential his successor, but as the story of Mao’s troubled succession suggests, no facet of his successor’s dossier will be more important than his ties to and rapport with the military. — Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2025

But in the first year of the partnership, the city learned Urban Ed wasn’t going to be able to place all its participants at San Francisco public schools, because the district did not have enough capacity to help credential them, according to OEWD. — Michael Barba, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2024