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 The page also suggests rebuttals to a Steyer ad attacking Becerra. —

Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 For the long-armed New York Knicks forward, there was no rebuttal. —

Fred Katz, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026 According to some editors, a rebuttal by a person or institution criticized in an editorial gets top priority. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 When Democrats came out swinging, Kennedy became more defiant, even at times screaming his rebuttals — though some of them didn’t align with the facts. —

ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rebuttal

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refutation

Noun

The images were a refutation—and a response to her husband, who believed the reports and threatened to take their son, Georgio.

— Anika Burgess, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
The death of New START represents the refutation of those decades of work.

— Matthew Gault, Wired News, 9 Feb. 2026