confirmatory
con·fir·ma·to·ry
adjective \kən-ˈfər-mə-ˌtȯr-ē\Definition of CONFIRMATORY
: serving to confirm : corroborative <a confirmatory test>
Examples of CONFIRMATORY
- <a confirmatory test for pregnancy>
First Known Use of CONFIRMATORY
1636
Related to CONFIRMATORY
- Synonyms
- confirmational, corroborative, confirming, corroborating, corroboratory, probative, probatory, substantiating, supporting, supportive, verifying, vindicating
- Antonyms
- confuting, disproving, refuting
Rhymes with CONFIRMATORY
accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, explicatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory
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