Synonyms of confute

confute

verb

kən-ˈfyüt 

as in to refute

to prove to be false

theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refute
• disprove
• discredit
• overturn
• rebut
• challenge
• falsify
• confound
• discuss
• debunk
• disconfirm
• belie
• shoot down
• question
• doubt
• overthrow
• give the lie to
• contest
• debate
• talk over
• query
• mistrust
• moot
• hash (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prove
• confirm
• establish
• verify
• validate
• show
• support
• record
• witness
• document
• substantiate
• identify
• evidence
• corroborate
• certify
• back (up)
• demonstrate
• evince
• illustrate
• adduce
• manifest
• display
• buttress
• authenticate
• attest

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of confute

In Tory Nation, Samuel Earle discusses and frets morosely over this success, which has confuted so many hopes and indeed confident predictions on the left. — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023

Vulnerable, uninformed wives have hardly been in a position to confute them. — Justin Jones, Quartz India, 15 Sep. 2019