credibility

cred·i·bil·i·ty  (krd-bl-t)

n.

1. The quality, capability, or power to elicit belief: "America's credibility must not be squandered, especially by its leaders" (Henry A. Kissinger).

2. A capacity for belief: a story that strained our credibility.

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credibility [ˌkrɛdɪˈbɪlɪtɪ]

n

the quality of being believed or trusted

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

credibility - the quality of being believable or trustworthy believability, credibleness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare authenticity, genuineness, legitimacy - undisputed credibility rigour, validity, cogency, rigor - the quality of being valid and rigorous plausibility, plausibleness - apparent validity cred, street cred, street credibility - credibility among young fashionable urban individuals incredibility, incredibleness - the quality of being incredible

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credibility

noun believability, reliability, cred (slang), plausibility, trustworthiness, tenability The president will have to work hard to restore his credibility with voters.

Translations

credibility [ˌkredəˈbɪlɪtɪ]

A. N (no pl) → credibilidad f

B. CPD credibility gap N → falta f de credibilidad
credibility rating N → índice m de credibilidad

credibility [ˌkrɛdɪˈbɪlɪti] n

[person] → crédibilité f

[story] → crédibilité f
to gain credibility [theory, story] → gagner en crédibilité

credibility

n → Glaubwürdigkeit f; his credibility rating is pretty low → er wird als nicht sehr glaubwürdig eingestuft

credibility [ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → credibilità, attendibilità

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credibility [ˌkrɛdəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (see adj) → credibilità, attendibilità