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
• chartering
• investing
• permitting
• licencing
• warranting
• vesting
• approving
• credentialing
• entitling
• allowing
• sanctioning
• endorsing
• credentialling
• indorsing
• affirming
• confirming
• validating
• installing
• initiating
• inducting
• letting
• okaying
• inaugurating
• privileging
• clearing
• instating
• 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)
• indorsing
• recommending
• clapping
• doffing one's cap to
• doffing one's hat to
• favoring
• supporting
• celebrating
• ballyhooing
• rooting (for)
• emblazoning
• extolling
• singing
• eulogizing
• 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
• okaying
• affirming
• clearing
• approbating
• homologating
• validating
• indorsing
• OK'ing
• licensing
• permitting
• sanctifying
• blessing
• initialing
• enabling
• passing
• initialling
• legalizing
• canonizing
• allowing
• licencing
• 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