Credibility and Reputation

Credibility

Credibility noun - The quality of being believable or trustworthy.

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Reputation and credibility are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reputation" instead a noun "Credibility".

Nearby Words: credit, credible, credence, credibly

Reputation noun - Overall quality as seen or judged by people in general.

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Credibility and reputation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Credibility" instead a noun "Reputation".

Nearby Words: reputable, repute, reputed, reputing

low	low credibility	low reputation
certain	certain credibility	certain reputation
sufficient	sufficient credibility	sufficient reputation
poor	poor credibility	poor reputation
Other adjectives: strong, evil, social, less, undeserved.

While the Shadowchasers were victorious, the incident caused their reputation and credibility to decline in some parts of the Shadowkind community, leading to some attempted revolutions.

Source: Fan Fic / Shadowchasers Series
Admittedly she brings some of her wildly inaccurate reputation on herself and eventually starts doing it on purpose to inflate her credibility.

Source: Shrouded in Myth
We have worked years to build our credibility, our reputation.

Source: Series / Ghost Adventures

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