Credentials
Credentials noun - A skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job.
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Synonyms for Credentials
Experience and credentials are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Experience" instead a noun "Credentials".
Nearby Word: credential
Experience
Experience noun - Knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something.
Credentials and experience are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Credentials" instead a noun "Experience".
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How words are described
| good | good credentials | good experience |
| high | high credentials | high experience |
| musical | musical credentials | musical experience |
| better | better credentials | better experience |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, superior, little, bad, necessary, new, professional, political, less, military, extra, medical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- He keeps the action tendencies later in the series, but while his necessarily well-established political credentials and experience keep him involved in that game his relevance in that arena is toned down to more reasonable "one-of-a-kind elder statesman" levels.
Source: Our Presidents Are Different -
Turns out the consultant is lying about his credentials, as his only law enforcement experience being as a mall security guard.
Source: Artistic License Gun Safety -
During a 2015 appearance at the Doctor Who Experience exhibition, Capaldi conducted a Q&A in character as the Doctor, improvising answers on the spot (making use of his Ascended Fanboy credentials) to questions posed by children.
Source: Creator / Peter Capaldi
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