Synonyms of credibility

credibility

noun

as in sincerity

the quality of being believed or accepted as true, real, or honest

The new evidence lends credibility to their theory.

The scandal damaged her credibility as an honest politician.

They doubted the credibility of the witness's story.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sincerity
• reliability
• integrity
• truthfulness
• accuracy
• believability
• plausibility
• authenticity
• veracity
• verity
• reliableness
• honesty
• probity
• trustworthiness
• incorruptibility
• truth
• forthrightness
• scrupulousness
• rectitude
• plausibleness
• frankness
• righteousness
• objectivity
• dependability
• good faith
• uprightness
• straightforwardness
• candor
• ingenuousness
• candidness
• scrupulosity
• honorableness
• guilelessness
• artlessness
• right-mindedness
• honor
• trustability
• correctness
• genuineness
• trustiness
• plainspokenness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incredibility
• implausibility
• deception
• hypocrisy
• duplicity
• insincerity
• falsity
• smoothness
• fakery
• falseness
• artifice
• crookedness
• dissembling
• dissimulation
• double-dealing
• perfidy
• dupery
• trickery
• slickness
• cunning
• slipperiness
• unscrupulousness
• guile
• insidiousness
• indirection
• incredibleness
• wiliness
• underhandedness
• slyness
• prevarication
• cozenage
• exaggeration
• craftiness
• furtiveness
• oiliness
• inaccuracy
• cunningness
• equivocation
• treacherousness
• beguilement
• lying
• two-facedness
• dishonesty
• deceit
• fraudulentness
• untruthfulness
• mendacity
• mendaciousness
• deceitfulness

Examples of credibility in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Card's commanding officer even downplayed the threat by undercutting the credibility of the soldier who issued the warning and by declining to share all information at his disposal, the claims said. —CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024

Regulators have cracked down on irregularities such as financial statement fraud and price manipulation, eager to bolster the credibility of India’s capital markets ahead of major IPOs in the pipeline. —Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 14 Oct. 2024

Iran’s leaders likely saw themselves as having only bad choices: stand by and lose both what was left of its diminishing deterrence as an adversary and credibility as an ally, or enter the fray once more despite the risk of an even greater counterstrike from Israel. —Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024

Musk has, for over 8 years, predicted that future was just a year away, but he’s lost most credibility on that prediction as a result. —Brad Templeton, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024