Synonyms of substantiated

substantiated 1 of 2

adjective

as in confirmed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confirmed
• demonstrated
• proven
• valid
• established
• validated
• actual
• factual
• verified
• real
• effective
• attested
• irrefutable
• genuine
• verifiable
• authenticated
• concrete
• indisputable
• existent
• incontrovertible
• convincing
• very
• incontestable
• undeniable
• true
• unquestionable
• believable
• inescapable
• realistic
• unmistakable
• indubitable
• literal
• authentic
• sure-enough
• tangible
• substantial
• positive
• real-world
• bona fide
• real-life
• objective
• final
• de facto
• certified
• palpable
• certain
• authoritative
• absolute
• hard
• certifiable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• possible
• potential
• theoretical
• alleged
• theoretic
• hypothetical
• conjectural
• nonexistent
• assumed
• ideal
• platonic
• reputed
• supposed
• conceived
• envisioned
• imagined
• visualized
• envisaged
• fictitious
• fanciful
• suppositional
• illusory
• pictured
• inexistent
• fictional
• chimerical
• invented
• chimeric
• fabricated
• legendary
• imaginary
• fabled
• romantic
• abstract
• fake
• symbolic
• make-believe
• pretend
• unreal
• virtual
• made-up

substantiated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of substantiate

1

as in proved

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 & Similar Words

• proved
• established
• demonstrated
• showed
• documented
• confirmed
• evidenced
• verified
• justified
• upheld
• sustained
• corroborated
• attested
• validated
• authenticated
• supported
• bore out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disproved
• refuted
• invalidated
• discredited
• rebutted
• confuted

2

as in verified

to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of

Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• verified
• confirmed
• argued
• supported
• corroborated
• validated
• proved
• vindicated
• attested
• authenticated
• demonstrated
• certified
• witnessed
• affirmed
• documented
• established
• bore out
• reinforced
• testified (to)
• asserted
• guaranteed
• declared
• backed (up)
• warranted
• averred
• vouched (for)
• professed
• avouched
• reenforced
• avowed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuted
• disproved
• rebutted
• contradicted
• denied
• disclaimed
• disputed
• challenged
• contested
• questioned
• gainsaid
• disavowed

3

as in embodied

to represent in visible form

the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embodied
• expressed
• incorporated
• manifested
• exemplified
• illustrated
• symbolized
• personalized
• realized
• personified
• instantiated
• materialized
• epitomized
• externalized
• incarnated
• actualized
• bodied
• typified
• concretized
• objectified
• imaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disembodied

4

as in established

to show the existence or truth of by evidence

substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proved
• established
• demonstrated
• documented
• validated
• confirmed
• verified
• identified
• corroborated
• evidenced
• recorded
• buttressed
• adduced
• upheld
• supported
• attested
• authenticated
• evinced
• sustained
• witnessed
• backed (up)
• certified
• testified
• vouched
• circumstantiated
• confessed
• deposed
• nailed
• clinched
• settled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuted
• disputed
• challenged
• objected
• disproved
• alleged
• rebutted
• assumed
• presumed
• suspected
• guessed
• surmised
• conjectured

5

as in reinforced

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 & Similar Words

• reinforced
• bolstered
• proved
• corroborated
• supported
• confirmed
• buttressed
• backed
• verified
• established
• reenforced
• shored (up)
• affirmed
• validated
• avouched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undermined
• weakened
• undercut