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

The website instructs guests not to go to the airport, confirming that the airline carrier has officially shut down and all flights are cancelled. —Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 7 May 2026

On Tuesday, May 5, the Mahwah Health Department issued a health alert on social media, confirming that a beaver had tested positive for rabies and that those bitten were receiving treatment. —Adam England, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026

More concrete details are yet to be announced, with Lutnick confirming that only one person has been approved for the new visa format thus far. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 May 2026

During the nearly two decades since that meeting with carpet executives in 2008, Georgia regulators intermittently tested the waters south of Dalton, confirming time and again the extensive contamination. —Dylan Jackson, ABC News, 6 May 2026

Baldoni’s company Wayfarer Studios’ lawyers, Bryan Freedman and Ellyn Garofalo, and Lively’s counsel, Michael Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, issued a joint statement confirming the end of the legal battle. —Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 4 May 2026

The flexibility of this digital approach enabled easy testing of various scenarios, confirming that the dolphin’s propulsion mechanism remains remarkably consistent across swimming speeds. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026

Leonardi submitted a letter to the commissioner confirming her secretary used the credit card to buy the $150 ticket to the gala. —Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026

On March 31, West and Amanda released a joint statement confirming their relationship, effectively creating Bravo’s latest scandal. —Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026