credibility

About 5.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.

   After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.

2. noun A believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

Similar words

credibleness believability repute reputation trustworthiness credence credit credible reliable reliability

Often followed by

of and to in with as is gap by

Word family

credibilities