Synonyms of disproved

disproved

verb

past tense of disprove

as in refuted

to prove to be false

Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refuted
• overturned
• discredited
• challenged
• rebutted
• falsified
• debunked
• confuted
• discussed
• disconfirmed
• belied
• confounded
• shot down
• questioned
• contested
• doubted
• gave the lie to
• debated
• overthrew
• mistrusted
• queried
• mooted
• talked over
• hashed (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• proved
• established
• confirmed
• verified
• validated
• showed
• recorded
• supported
• documented
• evidenced
• witnessed
• identified
• corroborated
• demonstrated
• backed (up)
• substantiated
• attested
• illustrated
• certified
• evinced
• manifested
• displayed
• adduced
• buttressed
• authenticated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disproved

In May models from the company OpenAI, guided by humans, disproved a long-standing conjecture posed by the legendary mathematician Paul Erdős. — Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2026

Plausible deniability is the ability of a person or organization to deny knowledge of, responsibility for or involvement in a controversial action in a manner that cannot be conclusively disproved. — Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Federal and state prosecutors now allege video evidence disproved Castro’s version. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Video footage has disproved DHS's claims that Good was trying to run over ICE agents with her vehicle. — Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026

This evidence was not allowed to be presented at trial because the judges ruled that the prosecution had not disproved that the lethal poison could also be used for innocent purposes, according to Smithsonian Magazine. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

An assumption disproved, an option eliminated or a risk identified may represent meaningful progress. — Mustafa Shreet, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Leppanen recounted that a colleague told her that the pouches dissolved even though the information that disproved this was available online. — Matthew Chapman, STAT, 14 July 2026

This left open the question of whether more complex, loopy geometries would behave differently, while also leaving competing historical theories yet to be disproved. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026