AUTHENTICATION Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

authentication

noun

Definition of authentication

as in verification

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Recent Examples of authentication Auction houses are strengthening authentication through specialist research and archives, but online sales remain a particular risk. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 To Rudetsky, those details functioned almost like authentication. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 Neither company disclosed the fees charged on Canadian transactions, how seller payouts will be calculated, or what authentication and buyer-protection processes will apply to items shipped directly between users. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026 And ask for multifactor authentication before transferring any money or signing important documents. — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for authentication

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Noun

This standard was designed to provide an additional layer of independent third-party verification and supply chain assurance.

— Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Allowing subjective confidence to silently acquire the epistemological status of empirical verification is neither verification nor evidence.

— Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of verification

Noun

In my experience, three forces determine whether an innovation actually shifts the standard of care or just stalls after regulatory approval or clinical validation.

— Erez Meltzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The Sirayatech validation model printed exceptionally well, with crisp text, sharp edges, and clean reproduction of even the smallest features.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of validation

Noun

Dillman and his coconspirator used the funds to pay themselves and to make risky and speculative investments in other cryptocurrency ventures, authorities said, citing other evidence presented at the trial.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
The petition for a new trial argues the original accounts were more consistent with the evidence.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of evidence

Noun

There are a number of other businesses that may be AI-proof or even benefit from its growth, such as electric utilities, said Victor Matheson, an economics professor at the College of the Holy Cross and an expert in sports business.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The first term may make the second plausible, compatible or even probable, but plausibility is not identity, compatibility is not implication, probability is not necessity, and similarity of appearance is not proof of sameness of nature.

— Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of proof

Noun

Police said Reyes did not provide any form of identification, and attempts to identify him were unsuccessful.

— Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026
The remains were taken to the Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy and possible identification, Kane County officials confirmed.

— Jon Haworth, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of identification

Noun

Communities that did receive confirmation for salt from CMS include Barrington, which also received bids through Lake County.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Much of finance still depends on institutions keeping separate records and then checking those against one another, yet every confirmation, reconciliation and manual update creates another seam.

— Federico Sendra, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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