DISAGREES (WITH) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

disagrees (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of disagree (with)

as in contradicts

to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another) she disagreed with me when I said that the jacket was dark blue

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An agent also needs to know where information came from, when it was updated and whether another source contradicts it.

— Shekhar Iyer, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Last 3 decades of research on this topic literally contradicts your argument.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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