Synonyms of confirming

confirming 1 of 2

adjective

as in supporting

serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something

in the absence of confirming evidence, we should give him the benefit of the doubt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supporting
• supportive
• verifying
• substantiating
• confirmational
• confirmatory
• corroborating
• supplementary
• corroborative
• probative
• vindicating
• corroboratory
• probatory
• auxiliary
• beneficial
• helpful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuting
• contradictory
• contrary
• disproving
• opposing
• counter
• confuting

confirming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of confirm

1

as in verifying

to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of

several eyewitnesses who can confirm the defendant's account of what happened

Synonyms & Similar Words

• verifying
• arguing
• supporting
• validating
• corroborating
• proving
• attesting
• vindicating
• certifying
• authenticating
• demonstrating
• substantiating
• affirming
• witnessing
• reinforcing
• establishing
• bearing out
• guaranteeing
• declaring
• testifying (to)
• documenting
• asserting
• backing (up)
• warranting
• averring
• professing
• vouching (for)
• avouching
• avowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuting
• disproving
• rebutting
• denying
• contradicting
• disclaiming
• disavowing
• questioning
• contesting
• challenging
• disputing
• gainsaying

2

as in approving

to give official acceptance of as satisfactory

the senate must confirm an appointment to an ambassadorship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• approving
• ratifying
• finalizing
• accepting
• endorsing
• authorizing
• acknowledging
• sanctioning
• formalizing
• signing
• warranting
• affirming
• accrediting
• clearing
• validating
• approbating
• homologating
• certifying
• OK'ing
• enabling
• passing
• permitting
• blessing
• sanctifying
• allowing
• initialing
• legalizing
• licensing
• canonizing
• rubber-stamping
• signing off (on)
• reapproving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• rejecting
• declining
• prohibiting
• disallowing
• disapproving
• vetoing
• forbidding
• turning down
• ignoring
• banning
• negativing
• enjoining
• proscribing
• disregarding
• interdicting
• neglecting
• refusing
• overlooking
• rebutting
• illegalizing
• spurning
• rebuffing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confirming

Verb

Landing on the list does require some safeguards, such as confirming where ingredients come from and testing them for contamination. — ABC News, 24 July 2026

OpenAI followed with a July 21 blog post confirming its models were the culprits. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Start by researching the trail, checking conditions, and confirming whether permits are required, according to the National Park Service. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

The recent action in its RSI is confirming our bullish thesis and the MACD is curling positive, nearing a buy signal. — Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Hugging Face disclosed that investigators reconstructed more than 17,000 forensic events associated with the intrusion while confirming unauthorized access to certain internal systems and service credentials. — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

The judge, Arun Subramanian, later issued an order confirming that the subpoenas were withdrawn. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 July 2026

Lamothe’s offense, apparently, had been confirming that the Times’ story was, in fact, accurate. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Most recently, the two published a legal notice in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, confirming their intent to change their names in accordance with California law. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026