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confirm

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of confirm

1 to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
  • several eyewitnesses who can confirm the defendant's account of what happened
Synonyms of confirm

argue, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, corroborate, substantiate, support, validate, verify, vindicate
Words Related to confirm

avouch, back (up), testify (to), vouch (for), witness

guarantee, warrant

affirm, assert, aver, avow, declare, profess

demonstrate, document, establish, prove, reinforce (also reenforce)
Near Antonyms of confirm

contradict, gainsay

deny, disavow, disclaim

challenge, contest, dispute, question
Antonyms of confirm

disprove, rebut, refute
2 to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
  • The senate must confirm an appointment to an ambassadorship.
Synonyms of confirm

accredit, approve, authorize, clear, finalize, formalize, OK (or okay), ratify, sanction, warrant
Words Related to confirm

accept, acknowledge, affirm

certify, endorse (also indorse), validate

bless, canonize, sanctify

initial, rubber-stamp, sign, sign off (on)

allow, enable, legalize, license (also licence), pass, permit

reapprove
Near Antonyms of confirm

ban, enjoin, forbid, illegalize, interdict, prohibit, proscribe

disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook

rebuff, rebut, refuse, spurn
Antonyms of confirm

decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject, turn down, veto

Synonym Discussion of confirm

confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify, authenticate, validate mean to attest to the truth or validity of something. confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact.
    • confirmed the reports
corroborate suggests the strengthening of what is already partly established.
    • witnesses corroborated his story
substantiate implies the offering of evidence that sustains the contention.
    • the claims have yet to be substantiated
verify implies the establishing of correspondence of actual facts or details with those proposed or guessed at.
    • all statements of fact in the article have been verified
authenticate implies establishing genuineness by adducing legal or official documents or expert opinion.
    • handwriting experts authenticated the diaries
validate implies establishing validity by authoritative affirmation or by factual proof.
    • validated the hypothesis by experiments

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