credential

Other forms of credential

plural

credentials·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about credential

What does credential mean?

credential means "a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts".

How many syllables are in credential?

credential has 3 syllables: cre-den-tial. The stress falls on "den". In IPA it is /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/.

What is another word for credential?

Close synonyms include certificate, certification, credentials. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is credential a common word?

credential is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with credential?

7 words rhyme with credential. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.