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substantiate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of substantiate

1 to gain full recognition or acceptance of

  • substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley
Synonyms of substantiate

demonstrate, establish, prove, show
Words Related to substantiate

attest, authenticate, bear out, document, evidence, support, sustain, uphold

confirm, corroborate, justify, validate, verify
Near Antonyms of substantiate

confute, discredit, invalidate, rebut, refute
Antonyms of substantiate

disprove

2 to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of

  • Mr. MacGregor couldnʼt substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch
Synonyms of substantiate

argue, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, support, validate, verify, vindicate
Words Related to substantiate

avouch, back (up), testify (to), vouch (for), witness

guarantee, warrant

affirm, assert, aver, avow, declare, profess

demonstrate, document, establish, prove, reinforce (also reenforce)
Near Antonyms of substantiate

contradict, gainsay

deny, disavow, disclaim

challenge, contest, dispute, question
Antonyms of substantiate

disprove, rebut, refute

3 to represent in visible form

  • the artistʼs intense feelings are substantiated by his paintingsʼ bold colors and broad brush strokes
Synonyms of substantiate

body, embody, epitomize, express, externalize, incarnate, incorporate, instantiate, manifest, materialize, personalize, personify
Words Related to substantiate

actualize, concretize, realize

exemplify, illustrate, image, objectify, symbolize, typify
Antonyms of substantiate

disembody

4 to show the existence or truth of by evidence

  • substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures
Synonyms of substantiate

demonstrate, document, establish, prove, validate
Words Related to substantiate

back (up), buttress, circumstantiate, corroborate

evidence, evince, record, support, uphold, witness

adduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identify

confirm, sustain, verify, vouch

clinch, nail, settle

confess, depose, testify
Near Antonyms of substantiate

challenge, dispute, object

allege, assume, conjecture, guess, presume, surmise, suspect
Antonyms of substantiate

disprove, rebut, refute

5 to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)

  • Darwin spent the rest of his life gathering evidence to substantiate his theory of the origin of species
Synonyms of substantiate

back, bolster, buttress, corroborate, reinforce (also reenforce), shore (up), support
Words Related to substantiate

confirm, establish, prove, verify

affirm, avouch, validate
Near Antonyms of substantiate

undercut, undermine, weaken

Synonym Discussion of substantiate

confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify, authenticate, validate mean to attest to the truth or validity of something. confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact.
    • confirmed the reports
corroborate suggests the strengthening of what is already partly established.
    • witnesses corroborated his story
substantiate implies the offering of evidence that sustains the contention.
    • the claims have yet to be substantiated
verify implies the establishing of correspondence of actual facts or details with those proposed or guessed at.
    • all statements of fact in the article have been verified
authenticate implies establishing genuineness by adducing legal or official documents or expert opinion.
    • handwriting experts authenticated the diaries
validate implies establishing validity by authoritative affirmation or by factual proof.
    • validated the hypothesis by experiments

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