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contradict

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of contradict

1 to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)

  • no matter what I say, you always have to contradict me
Synonyms of contradict

disagree (with), gainsay
Words Related to contradict

challenge, contest, dispute, question

confute, rebut, refute

cross, fight, oppose, resist
Near Antonyms of contradict

confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify

attest, authenticate, avouch, certify, testify (to), vouch (for), witness
Antonyms of contradict

agree (with), concur (with)

2 to declare not to be true

  • his account contradicted the story that they had gotten earlier
Synonyms of contradict

deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, refute, reject, repudiate
Words Related to contradict

traverse

challenge, confute, disprove, rebut

disagree (with), dispute
Near Antonyms of contradict

accept, adopt, embrace, espouse

affirm, announce, assert, aver, claim, declare, maintain, profess, submit

authenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify
Antonyms of contradict

acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confirm, own

Synonym Discussion of contradict

deny, gainsay, contradict, contravene mean to refuse to accept as true or valid. deny implies a firm refusal to accept as true, to grant or concede, or to acknowledge the existence or claims of.
    • denied the charges
gainsay implies disputing the truth of what another has said.
    • no one can gainsay her claims
contradict implies an open or flat denial.
    • her account contradicts his
contravene implies not so much an intentional opposition as some inherent incompatibility.
    • laws that contravene tradition

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