Synonyms of disproof

disproof

noun

(ˌ)dis-ˈprüf 

as in refutation

something (as an argument) that serves to disprove

the DNA evidence was all the disproof needed to overturn the wrongful conviction

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refutation
• rebuttal
• disconfirmation
• confutation
• counterargument
• counterevidence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• proof
• evidence
• testimony
• witness
• confirmation
• documentation
• validation
• identification
• verification
• corroboration
• manifestation
• substantiation
• attestation
• testament
• authentication

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disproof

On a Sunday afternoon in July, while much of the world watched the World Cup final, a counterexample was found to the Jacobian conjecture, a problem that had resisted proof or disproof since 1939. — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Non-falsifiable and untestable hypotheses cannot be checked out, and hence those ideas are incapable of disproof. — Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026

If the evolution of China’s political and economic systems was merely disproof of Fukuyama’s thinking, that would be striking enough. — Benn Steil, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2025

This is a closed system in which nothing can serve as disproof. — Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025

Mistaking a cold snap for disproof of climate change is like mistaking a bad month for Apple stock for proof that Apple isn’t a good long-term investment. — Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023

Born 18 years earlier than Chesterton, Shaw outlived him by another 16, his life encompassing both world wars, unprecedented destruction, and the fundamental disproof of his early progressivism and cosmopolitanism. — M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 5 Dec. 2020