The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword."
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Credit
//ˈkɹɛdɪt//
Synonyms for "credit" (321 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (65)
accreditfaithrecognitionacceptaccept for gospelaccept implicitlyacceptabilityacceptationacceptionacclaimaccountaccount foraccounting foraccredit withaccrete toacknowledgeacknowledgmentacquiescenceallowanceanswerability
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applicationapplyapply toapprobationapprovalarrogationascendancyascribeascribe toascriptionassignassign toassignationassignmentassuranceassurednessattach toattachmentattributeattribute toattributionauthenticityauthorityavailsbalancebalance the booksbe certainbeliefbelievabilitybelievablenessbelievebelieve without reservationbenedictionblameblame forblame onblessbookborrowing powerbox officebring home to
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (96)
buycapitalizecarrycarry overcast up accountscertaintychargecharge offcharge oncharge tocharismacharmcitationclose outclose the bookscloutcognizancecommendationcommissioncommissions
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conceivabilityconfessconfidenceconnect withconnectionconnection withconsequenceconsiderconsiderationcontrolcredencecredibilitycrediblecredit ratingcredit unioncredit withcreditingcreditscredulitydebitdeductiondeemdeficitdepend ondependabilitydependencederivation fromdifferencediscrepancydisposable incomedistinctiondividenddividendsdocketdominancedominationdouble entryduedun and bradstreet ratingearned incomeearningseffecteminenceenchantmententerentryepactesteemestimationetiologyfaithfulnessfasten uponfather uponfavorfeelfix onfix uponforcegainsgategate receiptsgetgive creditgive faith togive thanksglorygood feelinggracegreat honorgross
Related words (160)
gross incomegross receiptshang onholdhonestyhonorhopehymnimportanceimputationimputeimpute toincidental powerincomeinfluenceinfluentialityinsinuationinstallment planintakeitem
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journalizekeep bookslaylay toleadershipleverageloanlogmagnetismmakemake acknowledgments ofmake an entrymasterymeritminutemomentnetnet incomenet receiptsnotationnoteoffer thanksornamentoutputpaeanpalaetiologypersonalitypersuasionpin onpinpointplace uponplacementplausibilitypoint topostpost uppotencypowerpraiseprayer of thankspredominancepreponderancepressureprestigeprobityproceedsproduceprofitprofitspurchaseput faith inratingreceiptreceiptsreceivablesreceivereceptionrecognizereferrefer toreference toregardreignrelaterelegatereliabilityreliancereliance onrely onremainderrender creditrender thanksreputationreputerespectresponsibilityreturn thanksreturnsrevenuerightroyaltiesroyaltyrulesaddle onsaddle withsaddlingsaysenseset down toset store bysettle uponsignificancesingle entrysolvencystockstorestrike a balancesuasionsubtle influencesuggestionsupremacysurenesssuretysurplussuspension of disbeliefswallowswaytaketake for grantedtake on faithtake on trusttake stock intake-intakingstenabilitythankthank offeringthank-youthanksthanksgivingthinkticktributetrusttrustworthinessunearned incomeunitupper handvirtueweightwhat is owingwhip handworthyield
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25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
10 entriesderived
92 entriesShowing 16 of 92 words.
has context
6 entrieshas property
2 entriesis a
8 entriesmanner of
3 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
326 translations across 61 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kredi noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Arabic
1 entries- اِئْتِمَان noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Armenian
1 entries- վարկ noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kredit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Belarusian
4 entries- ве́ра noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- даве́р noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- залі́к noun (recognition for having taken a course or class)
- крэды́т noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Bengali
1 entries- ক্রেডিট noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вя́ра noun (recognition and respect)
- дове́рие noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- дове́рие noun (recognition and respect)
- кре́дит noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Burmese
1 entries- အကြွေး noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Catalan
4 entries- crèdit noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- crèdit noun (recognition and respect)
- crèdit noun (acknowledgement of a contribution)
- reconeixement verb (to acknowledge a contribution)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 學分 /学分 noun (measure of amount of studies)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 信用 noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- 信用 noun (recognition and respect)
- 信用 noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- 信用 noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Czech
4 entries- kredit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- kredit noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
- úvěr noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- připsat verb (to add to an account)
Danish
1 entries- kredit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Dutch
4 entries- betalingsuitstel noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- krediet noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- kredietwaardigheid noun (one's credit rating)
- lof noun (recognition and respect)
Estonian
1 entries- krediit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Finnish
4 entries- hyvitys noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
- hyvitys noun (reduction in taxes owed, refund for excess taxes)
- krediitti noun (arbitrary unit of value)
- kunnia noun (recognition and respect)
French
4 entries- attribution noun (acknowledgement of a contribution)
- crédit noun (recognition and respect)
- crédit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- crédit noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Georgian
1 entries- კრედიტი noun (privilege of delayed payment)
German
4 entries- Abspann noun (written title shown with a film or video)
- Anerkennung noun (recognition and respect)
- Anerkennung noun (acknowledgement of a contribution)
- Beachtung noun (acknowledgement of a contribution)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַשְׁרַאי noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Higaonon
1 entries- utang noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Hindi
2 entries- क्रेडिट noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- श्रेय noun (recognition and respect)
Hungarian
4 entries- becsület noun (source of value)
- bevétel noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
- bizalom noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- büszkeség noun (source of value)
Indonesian
4 entries- SKS noun (measure of amount of studies)
- pulsa noun (arbitrary unit of value)
- satuan kredit semester noun (measure of amount of studies)
- gugu verb (to believe)
Irish
1 entries- creidmheas noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Italian
4 entries- credito noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- credito noun (recognition and respect)
- credito noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- credito noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Japanese
4 entries- クレジット noun (acknowledgement of a contribution)
- クレジット noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- クレジット noun (arbitrary unit of value)
- クレジットタイトル noun (written title shown with a film or video)
Kazakh
2 entries- кредит noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- несие noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- vìshākîuh verb (to acknowledge a contribution)
Khmer
1 entries- ឥណទាន noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Korean
4 entries- 공제액 noun (reduction in taxes owed, refund for excess taxes)
- 단위 noun (arbitrary unit of value)
- 단위 noun (recognition for having taken a course or class)
- 신뢰 noun (recognition and respect)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- кредит noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- насыя noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Lao
1 entries- ເຄຣດິດ noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Latvian
1 entries- kredīts noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kreditas noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Macedonian
2 entries- кредит noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- кредит noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Māori
1 entries- moni taurewa noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Norwegian
1 entries- kreditere verb (to add to an account)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kreditt noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اعتبار noun (recognition and respect)
- اعتبار noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Persian
2 entries- اِعْتِبار noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- کِرِدیت noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Väaschoss noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Polish
4 entries- kredyt noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- kredyt noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
- uznanie noun (recognition and respect)
- uznanie noun (acknowledgement of a contribution)
Portuguese
4 entries- crédito noun (recognition and respect)
- crédito noun (acknowledgement of a contribution)
- crédito noun (written title shown with a film or video)
- crédito noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Romanian
2 entries- credit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- credit noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Russian
4 entries- ве́ра noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- до́лжное noun (recognition and respect)
- дове́рие noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- заслу́га noun (source of value)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- creideas noun (recognition and respect)
- creideas noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- creideas noun (one's credit rating)
- creideas noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- krèdīt noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- крѐдӣт noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- vjerovati verb (to believe)
Slovak
3 entries- kredit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- kredit noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
- úver noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Slovene
1 entries- kredit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Spanish
4 entries- crédito noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- crédito noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
- crédito académico noun (measure of amount of studies)
- acreditar verb (to believe)
Swedish
3 entries- erkännande noun (acknowledgement of a contribution)
- kredit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- kreditera verb (to add to an account)
Tagalog
4 entries- pantaw noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- pantaw noun (time given for payment for something sold on trust)
- pantaw noun (one's credit rating)
- pantaw noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Tajik
1 entries- кредит noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Telugu
3 entries- పరపతి noun (recognition and respect)
- పరపతి noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- పరపతి noun (one's credit rating)
Thai
2 entries- เครดิต noun (privilege of delayed payment)
- เครดิต noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́рахування noun (reduction in taxes owed, refund for excess taxes)
- визна́ння noun (acknowledgement of a contribution)
- ві́ра noun (reliance on the truth of something said or done)
- відзна́чення noun (recognition and respect)
Urdu
1 entries- کِریڈِٹ noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Uzbek
1 entries- kredit noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Vietnamese
2 entries- ghi có noun (accounting: amount added to an account)
- tín dụng noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Welsh
1 entries- credyd noun (privilege of delayed payment)
Sample sentences
43 total sentences available.
Can I pay by credit card?
Source: tatoeba (2238)
The world is divided into people who get things done, and people who get the credit.
Source: tatoeba (2356)
It's to your credit that you told the truth.
Source: tatoeba (17805)
Showing 4 of 43 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.