cred
cred · creds
CredibilityCredibility.
/kɹɛd/
» The new finance minister has street-cred.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Credibility.
After listening to that sheer pile of bull mess he tried to tell me yesterday, I've decided he's got precisely zero cred as far as I'm concerned.
credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
(countable, informal, usually plural, uncountable)A credential.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A credit (currency unit).
Examples
1 sentencesThe new finance minister has street-cred.
Forms
plural: credsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- credibility among young fashionable urban individuals:street credibilitystreet cred
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedbona fides
Derivedstreet cred
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable