credentials

1. 1.

   a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

   Synonymscertificatecertificationcredential

   Broaderdocument

   Narrowercertificate of incorporationbirth certificatediplomacommissionbill of healthregistrationteaching certificateprobate

Other forms of credentials

plural

credentialses·

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 credentials

What does credentials mean?

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

How many syllables are in credentials?

credentials has 3 syllables: cre-den-tials. The stress falls on "den". In IPA it is /kɹəˈdɛnʃəlz/.

What is another word for credentials?

Close synonyms include certificate, certification, credential. 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 credentials a common word?

credentials is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.