Synonyms of crediting

crediting

verb

present participle of credit

1

as in attributing

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

has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in believing

to regard as right or true

I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believing
• taking
• accepting
• understanding
• trusting
• buying
• swallowing
• accounting
• assuming
• presuming
• accrediting
• inferring
• deducing
• supposing
• setting store by
• concluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• discrediting
• disbelieving
• questioning
• doubting
• suspecting
• distrusting
• disputing
• mistrusting
• challenging
• misdoubting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crediting

Chief Bettison said the suspect in that case was taken into custody less than 24 hours after the shooting, crediting community members with helping police identify him. — Gino Vicci, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

The Democratic National Committee has also sued over the ads, which show numerous images of the president overlaid with quotes from recent speeches demeaning communism while also crediting himself for the largest tax cuts in history. — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2026

Whoever prepared the liner notes for Blue Valentine, however, got the spelling wrong, crediting ‘Da Willie Gonga’ on three tracks on the album. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026

Yaniv Hayun, who works as a plumber, was the passenger who removed the suspect from the cockpit and initially took the plane controls, crediting a TV show for knowing what to do in a flight emergency. — Clark Bentson, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

So So Def hitmaker’s death on Instagram, crediting Seal as the co-creator of the label’s iconic sound. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Two years later, John and Patsy were exonerated by then-Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy, crediting DNA evidence that was not previously available. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2026

At Sotheby’s London, the dress will be sold with the original catalog from 1997 that was numbered and signed by Princess Diana and crediting Prince William with the idea of the sale. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Thomas is turning that into a product spec, down to crediting the illustrator's hands. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026