Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb accredit
3 senses of accredit
Sense 1
accredit, recognize, recognise -- (grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree")
=> license, licence, certify -- (authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state")
Sense 2
accredit -- (provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials)
=> appoint, charge -- (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance")
Sense 3
accredit, credit -- (ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program")
=> impute, ascribe, assign, attribute -- (attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats")
Antonyms of adj accredited
1 sense of accredited
Sense 1
accredited, commissioned, licensed, licenced -- (given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative")
INDIRECT (VIA authorized) -> unauthorized, unauthorised -- (not endowed with authority)
Similarity of adj accredited
1 sense of accredited
Sense 1
accredited, commissioned, licensed, licenced -- (given official approval to act; "an accredited college"; "commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized representative")
=> authorized (vs. unauthorized), authorised -- (endowed with authority)