credibility

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great, high

▪ real

▪ moral, political, professional, scientific

▪ personal

▪ instant

▪

He had instant credibility with customers.

▪ street

VERB + CREDIBILITY

▪ carry, have

▪

The certificate has great credibility in the US.

▪ be lacking in, lack

▪ gain, regain

▪

The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.

▪ lose

▪ bring, build, establish, give, lend, provide

▪

Recommendations from two previous clients helped to establish her credibility.

▪

Funding from the World Bank lends credibility to the project.

▪ maintain, retain

▪ restore

▪ add, enhance, increase

▪

The use of computer models adds credibility to the forecasts.

▪

State backing for the plan will enhance its credibility.

▪ challenge, damage, destroy, diminish, erode, hurt, undermine

▪ question

CREDIBILITY + VERB

▪ suffer

▪

Her credibility suffered in her handling of the crisis.

CREDIBILITY + NOUN

▪ gap

▪

Newspapers were talking of a credibility gap between her policies and her achievements.

▪ issue, problem

▪

Anti-dope campaigners are faced with a credibility problem.

▪ crisis

▪

The administration was facing a credibility crisis.

PREPOSITION

▪ credibility among, credibility as

▪

her credibility as a witness

▪ credibility for

▪

He's been helping to restore market credibility for a new industrial process.