- 1of a good standard and deserving praise or approval synonym praiseworthy It was a very creditable result for the team. The Green Party won a creditable 16 percent of the vote.
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- 2morally good synonym admirable There was nothing very creditable in what he did.
NAmE//ˈkrɛdət̮əbli//
adverbSee creditable in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: creditable