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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of validate

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

  • a witness independently validated the policeman's version of events
Synonyms of validate

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

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 validate

contradict, gainsay

deny, disavow, disclaim

challenge, contest, dispute, question
Antonyms of validate

disprove, rebut, refute

2 to show the existence or truth of by evidence

  • the booming economy in and of itself validated the soundness of the governmentʼs economic policies
Synonyms of validate

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

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 validate

challenge, dispute, object

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

disprove, rebut, refute

Synonym Discussion of validate

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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