REBUTTAL Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

rebuttal

noun

ri-ˈbə-tᵊl

as in refutation

something (as an argument) that serves to disprove an effective rebuttal to her claim of having the gift of clairvoyance

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Recent Examples of rebuttal Messi is the standing rebuttal — a leader whose authority was never announced, only demonstrated; whose visibility was never imposed, only inevitable. —

Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 This reader hopes that will be a rebuttal to all the dubious America 250 content flooding orgs beholden to the neutered NEA. —

Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 Zhipu framed its latest release as a rebuttal of sorts to Washington. —

Jasmine Wu,deirdre Bosa, CNBC, 16 June 2026 Cry Baby, essentially a rock album, is instead a reflection and rebuttal to American instability writ large. —

Mankaprr Conteh, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rebuttal

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refutation

Noun

Since Socrates, dialectical thinking had been a method of eliciting truth through questioning and refutation.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
That is not a refutation of any of those disruption stories individually.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026