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credentials

credentials is the plural of credential.

credentials is the third-person singular simple present indicative of credential.

Noun

credentials pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.
  2. (plural, plural-only) login data

Meaning of credential

Noun

credential (plural credentials)

  1. (in plural) documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
    • May I see your credentials, please?
  2. (informal) Evidence of skill or excellence.
    • They deserved their half-time lead and looked fully in control until Brazil made changes at the break and began to show their credentials in attack.2023 April 6, Emma Sanders, “Women's Finalissima:England beat Brazil in dramatic shutout”, in BBC Sport

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Synonyms of credentials

Questions about credentials

What does credentials mean?
Credentials means documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.
What is credentials the plural of?
Credentials is the plural of credential.
What part of speech is credentials?
Credentials is a noun.

Words near credentials in the dictionary

  1. credentialized
  2. credentializes
  3. credentializing
  4. credentialled
  5. credentialling
  6. credentials
  7. credently
  8. credenza
  9. credenzas
  10. credenze
  11. Credeur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: credentials (page history and authors); credential (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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