credit

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CREDIT

to explain (something) as being the result of something else <has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck>

Synonyms accredit, ascribe, attribute, chalk up, impute, lay, put down

Related Words blame, charge, father (on), impute (to), pin (on); assign, refer; associate, attach, connect, link

to regard as right or true <I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves>

Synonyms accept, buy, credit, swallow, take, trust

Related Words account, accredit, understand; assume, presume, suppose; conclude, deduce, infer

Near Antonyms distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect; challenge, dispute

Antonyms disbelieve, discredit, reject

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