confute

con·fute

verb \kən-ˈfyüt\

con·fut·edcon·fut·ing

Definition of CONFUTE

transitive verb

1

: to overwhelm in argument : refute conclusively <Elijah … confuted the prophets of Baal — G. B. Shaw>

2

obsolete : confound

— con·fut·er noun

Examples of CONFUTE

1. <theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience>

Origin of CONFUTE

Latin confutare to check, silence

First Known Use: 1529

Related to CONFUTE

Synonyms: belie, confound, disprove, debunk, disconfirm, discredit, falsify, rebut, refute, shoot down

Antonyms: confirm, establish, prove, validate, verify

Related Words: overthrow, overturn; challenge, contest, query, question; doubt, mistrust; debate, discuss, hash (over), moot, talk over

Near Antonyms: document, evidence, evince, record, show, support, witness; back (up), buttress, corroborate, substantiate; adduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identify; demonstrate, display, illustrate, manifest

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Rhymes with CONFUTE

acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, cahoot, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, crapshoot, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dilute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, galoot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, hirsute, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, nonsuit, offshoot, outshoot, Paiute, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit