Synonyms of contradicted

contradicted

verb

past tense of contradict

1

as in refuted

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

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refuted
• questioned
• disagreed (with)
• challenged
• resisted
• gainsaid
• contested
• disputed
• opposed
• rebutted
• fought
• confuted
• crossed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreed (with)
• confirmed
• concurred (with)
• corroborated
• verified
• substantiated
• testified (to)
• witnessed
• attested
• certified
• authenticated
• vouched (for)
• avouched

2

as in denied

to declare not to be true

his account contradicted the story that they had gotten earlier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denied
• refuted
• rejected
• disavowed
• disallowed
• disowned
• disclaimed
• repudiated
• negated
• gainsaid
• disconfirmed
• disaffirmed
• disproved
• traversed
• negatived
• rebutted
• challenged
• disputed
• disagreed (with)
• confuted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confirmed
• admitted
• owned
• acknowledged
• allowed
• adopted
• accepted
• conceded
• submitted
• claimed
• affirmed
• declared
• announced
• maintained
• embraced
• asserted
• avowed
• espoused
• verified
• averred
• professed
• corroborated
• validated
• substantiated
• authenticated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of contradicted

But cell phone footage captured by bystanders contradicted that account. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 Aug. 2026

The defense wrote that Lee’s statements in the recorded phone calls directly contradicted the defensive theory and strategy that Gonzalez was the person who caused all the injuries and the death of the child. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026

What makes the reflecting pool incident different was that the administration contradicted claims of property damage made repeatedly by the president. — Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Police say the video contradicted Medina’s claims that Cox was the aggressor. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 July 2026

That's the real story, not that a left-wing discredited expert disliked a Republican president who contradicted him. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

Piotr Müller, a European Parliament lawmaker for Law and Justice and Morawiecki supporter, contradicted the party leadership. — ABC News, 24 July 2026

Numerous analysts, conservative and liberal, have contradicted these assertions. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2026

But that version of events, reported by some news outlets, began unraveling when bystander videos contradicted accounts painting the immigrant as a villain, the officers as victims. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026