accredited
Given official approval
Accredited means officially recognized as meeting certain standards.
An accredited university has been certified by an authorizing body as providing legitimate education.
An accredited journalist has official credentials to cover events.
The word implies formal approval or certification: an accredited investor, an accredited laboratory.
To be accredited to a foreign government is to be appointed as an official representative there.
Permitted by statute
- lawfulPermitted by statute
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
- constitutionalHealth-promoting walk
- legitimateConforming to accepted standards
authorized · official · sanctioned · regulatory · jurisdiction · codified · precedent · rightful
legal
Permitted by statute
- lawfulPermitted by statute
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
- constitutionalHealth-promoting walk
legitimate · authorized · official · sanctioned · regulatory · jurisdiction · codified · precedent · rightful · acknowledged
- certificationsCPA, CFA, Six Sigma, CFP, Black Belt
- academicscholarly, academic, intellectual, erudite, learned
- skill levelsbeginner, novice, intermediate, expert, advanced
- establishedestablished, recognized, accepted, acknowledged, confirmed
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
accreditedunaccredited
Lacking official authorization
nonaccredited · unauthorized · uncertified · unofficial · unlicensed
accrediteddiscredited
Proven unworthy of trust
distrusted · disreputable · unreliable · suspect · dubious
- college accreditationFormal recognition of educational standards
- school accreditationOfficial validation of educational standards
accredit, accreditation, unaccredited, accrediting, accredits, nonaccredited, reaccredited, reaccreditation