Definition for Discredit:

• The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

Synonyms for Discredit:

• n.

  •
  • confound.
  •
  • value,
  • loss of face,
  • explode.
  •
  • confute,
  • refute,
  • affirm.
  •
  • belief.
  •criticism (noun)
  • reflection.
  •discredit (noun)
  • disbelieve.
  •disrepute (noun)
  • ill fame,
  • scar.
  •doubt (noun)
  • agnosticism,
  • scruple.
  •infamy (noun)
  • infamy,
  • notoriousness.

• v.

  •blame, detract from (verb)
  • bring to naught,
  • tear down,
  • slander,
  • expose,
  • disesteem,
  • bring into disrepute,
  • destroy,
  • take rug out from under,
  • vilify,
  • censure,
  • ruin,
  • blow up,
  • frown upon,
  • smear,
  • knock bottom out of.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • scorn,
  • disapprove,
  • defile,
  • criticize,
  • renounce,
  • deride,
  • blame,
  • chide,
  • admonish,
  • upbraid,
  • chasten,
  • denigrate,
  • denounce,
  • castigate,
  • deprecate,
  • chastise,
  • condemn.
  •doubt, question (verb)
  • challenge.
  •slander (verb)
  • besmear,
  • calumniate,
  • malign,
  • stigmatize,
  • sully,
  • blacken,
  • scandalize,
  • pillory,
  • libel,
  • besmirch,
  • traduce,
  • tarnish.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • repudiate,
  • dispute,
  • gainsay,
  • bury,
  • undermine,
  • pooh-pooh,
  • disabuse,
  • impugn,
  • Incredulousness,
  • black mark,
  • calumny.
  •
  • disbelief,
  • debunk,
  • rebut,
  • ignominy,
  • recant,
  • deflate,
  • unbelief,
  • incredulity.
  •
  • bruising,
  • humiliation,
  • bruise,
  • injury.
  •
  • obloquy,
  • negative,
  • withdraw,
  • belie,
  • blemish.
  •
  • stain.
  •
  • shoot.
  •cheapen
  • mar.
  •compromise
  • put under suspicion.
  •deny
  • not buy.
  •detract
  • belittle,
  • Vilipend.
  •discount
  • detract from.
  •disprove
  • disconfirm.
  •doubt
  • Misdoubt.
  •wrong
  • ill-treat,
  • impose upon.

Paraphrases for Discredit:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Discrediting, disrepute.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    shame.
  • Verb, base form
    malign, undermine, belittle, distort, defame, slander, tarnish.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    denigrate, smear.

Antonyms for Discredit:

• n.

  • state
    repute.
  • Other antonyms:
    reverence, regard, estimation, esteem, respect, raise, advance, dignify, admiration, uplift, appreciation, exalt, fear, aggrandize, honor, awe, elevate.

• v.

  • blame, detract from
    laud, flatter, credit, compliment, commend, praise, build, upgrade, honor, believe, create, approve, construct, exalt, trust.
  • doubt, question
    agree, go along.

Homophones for Discredit:

• discreet, dessert, disagree with, desegrated, discord, dasyurid, desecrated, decreed, disarrayed, deserted, desecrate, discard, desert, degrade, desired, decorate, disaccharide, discarded, dasyuridae, discredited, dogcart, degree day, djakarta, decorated, degraded, disaccord, dockyard, dose rate, Daucus Carota, dissertate, discrete, ditch reed, dog-eared.

Hypernym for Discredit:

• n.

  • state
    infamy.

Hyponym for Discredit:

• n.

  • state
    dishonor, dishonour.

• v.

  • cognition
    discount, dismiss, ignore, push aside, disregard, brush off, brush aside.
  • communication
    disparage, pick at, belittle.