Synonyms of negated

negated

verb

past tense of negate

1

as in denied

to declare not to be true

this evidence negates his claim that he was not at the scene of the crime

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in abolished

to put an end to by formal action

Prohibition was established by the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, only to be negated by the 21st amendment 13 years later

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolished
• repealed
• canceled
• nullified
• overturned
• avoided
• voided
• invalidated
• vacated
• rescinded
• abrogated
• quashed
• dismissed
• annulled
• dissolved
• revoked
• set aside
• struck down
• suspended
• abated
• withdrew
• reversed
• rolled back
• nulled
• vetoed
• rejected
• retracted
• eliminated
• overruled
• disannulled
• did away with
• removed
• erased
• overrode
• countermanded
• recalled
• prohibited
• forbade
• banned
• aborted
• disallowed
• outlawed
• eradicated
• enjoined
• called
• annihilated
• called off
• dropped
• liquidated
• threw out
• broke down
• wrote off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enacted
• established
• laid down
• founded
• instituted
• passed
• validated
• legislated
• approved
• ratified
• allowed
• permitted
• authorized
• endorsed
• ordered
• legitimized
• cleared
• warranted
• prescribed
• sanctioned
• formalized
• legitimated
• mandated
• legalized
• decreed
• commanded

3

as in disbelieved

to think not to be true or real

you simply can't negate your feelings for someone, even if they don't feel the same way about you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denied
• disbelieved
• discredited
• doubted
• refuted
• rejected
• disproved
• distrusted
• mistrusted
• suspected
• repudiated
• derided
• debunked
• scoffed (at)
• pooh-poohed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepted
• believed
• credited
• swallowed
• trusted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of negated

Rogers’ claims went to trial and a jury awarded her $6 million, which was negated by the settlement. — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Once the ball is in the box, offsides should be negated as the bodies of the two teams are so compacted. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Loftin also couldn’t get a safety squeeze down in the seventh, although Jensen’s RBI single negated that mistake. — Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026

Mercedes looks to have negated Ferrari’s starting advantage; in Canada, Monaco, and now Spain, its cars were plenty quick when the lights went out. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026

Horkheimer, amid the wreckage of world war, lost faith in progress; his dialectic negated one construct after another. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Twenty minutes after McKennie’s goal, the US appeared to score again, but it was negated when Balogun was called offside. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026

Can its political objectives be worth celebrating even as they’re negated by basic storytelling failures? — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026

Arsenic also negated the need to tan skins of mammals and other animals. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 18 May 2026