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verify

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of verify

to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of

the dispatcher was able to verify the caller's location

Synonyms of verify

argue, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, validate, vindicate

Words Related to verify

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 verify

contradict, gainsay

deny, disavow, disclaim

challenge, contest, dispute, question

Antonyms of verify

disprove, rebut, refute

Synonym Discussion of verify

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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