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How does the verb validate contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of validate are authenticate, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, and verify. While all these words mean "to attest to the truth or validity of something," validate implies establishing validity by authoritative affirmation or by factual proof.

validated the hypothesis by experiments

When might authenticate be a better fit than validate?

Although the words authenticate and validate have much in common, authenticate implies establishing genuineness by adducing legal or official documents or expert opinion.

handwriting experts authenticated the diaries

In what contexts can confirm take the place of validate?

While the synonyms confirm and validate are close in meaning, confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact.

confirmed the reports

When would corroborate be a good substitute for validate?

While in some cases nearly identical to validate, corroborate suggests the strengthening of what is already partly established.

witnesses corroborated his story

Where would substantiate be a reasonable alternative to validate?

The synonyms substantiate and validate are sometimes interchangeable, but substantiate implies the offering of evidence that sustains the contention.

the claims have yet to be substantiated

When is verify a more appropriate choice than validate?

The meanings of verify and validate largely overlap; however, 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

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of validate The company’s timeline is further validated by the DOE’s Idaho National Lab, which also projects Natura’s MSR-1 as the first Gen IV reactor deployment in the US. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025 The fluctuations were determined to be adiabatic and not isocurvature, further validating inflation. Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025 Ultimately acknowledging the reality of the situation will validate the experience of people going through this. Susan Caminiti, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025 In 2020, the Supreme Court — in a roundabout way — ended the confusion by refusing to consider an appellate ruling that validated special taxes proposed by initiative and approved by simple majorities. Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for validate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for validate
Verb
  • Christiaan Triebert is a Times reporter working on the Visual Investigations team, a group that combines traditional reporting with digital sleuthing and analysis of visual evidence to verify and source facts from around the world.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Spring is quick to acknowledge that Macy’s still has much to prove.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But those ties aren't proven, and Venezuelan drugs make up a tiny fraction of those trafficked into the United States.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But local journalists confirmed the video was of agents detaining a protester.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • United later confirmed the pilot sustained only minor injuries.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Politically, the affluence manifested in Long Island establishing itself as a bastion of the Republican Party, showing strong support for Hoover in his doomed Presidential campaign against Roosevelt.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Mediators, including Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, are continuing their efforts to facilitate dialogue and to broker progress on key measures such as reopening border crossings, delivering aid, and establishing future governance structures for Gaza.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • Like something out of an early Transformers movie, researchers at Caltech have just demonstrated how a humanoid and a drone can team up to accomplish multiple forms of movement.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The department intends to make sure participants have a safe space to demonstrate and intends stop any unlawful activity.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Validate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/validate. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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