discredit

1. 1.

   cause to be distrusted or disbelieved

   “The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary”

   Broaderdismiss
2. 2.

   damage the reputation of

   “This newspaper story discredits the politicians”

   Synonymsdisgrace

   Broaderdisparage
3. 3.

   reject as false; refuse to accept

   Synonymsdisbelieve

   Broaderreject

   Narrowerdoubtdistrust

1. 1.

   the state of being held in low esteem

   “your actions will bring discredit to your name”

   “because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute”

   Synonymsdisrepute

   Broaderdishonor

   Narrowerinfamy

Other forms of discredit

plural

discredits·

past tense

discreditted·

present participle

discreditting·

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 discredit

What does discredit mean?

discredit means "cause to be distrusted or disbelieved". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in discredit?

discredit has 3 syllables: di-scred-it. The stress falls on "scred". In IPA it is /dɪˈskɹɛdət/.

What is another word for discredit?

Close synonyms include disgrace, disbelieve, disrepute. 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 discredit a common word?

discredit 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.