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creditable

[kred-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈkrɛd ɪ tə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
praiseworthy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
admirable commendable estimable exemplary laudable respectable
WEAK
batting a thousand believeable decent deserving excellent honest honorable meritorious nasty not too shabby organic palmary reputable reputed salt of the earth satisfactory suitable well-thought-of worthy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad dishonorable poor unworthy
WEAK
disrespected

Example Sentences

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That task finally fell to Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who went 0.73sec ahead of the Austrian who finished up a creditable 11th.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Bottom side Real Oviedo earned a creditable 1-1 draw at home against Real Betis and sit five points from safety.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

It was highly creditable for England to get so close to chasing down 374, what would have been their second highest of all time.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Although Zimbabwe are improving – they have just earned a creditable 1-1 series draw in Bangladesh – England will be overwhelming favourites to win the four-day Test when it begins on 22 May.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

All this history seems both plausible and creditable, good reading for doctors, but there is always that other leech, the worm.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas