Refute

/ɹɪˈfjuːt/

Synonyms for "refute" (218 found)

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Verb(17 words)

rebut assailed belies belying busted challenge combating confuted confutes confuting contradicted contradicts controvert controverted controverting controverts counter

abjure advocateallege in supportansweranswer conclusivelyargue downargue forassertassert the contrarybelie break champion confound confutecontend forcontest contradict contravene controvert counter

Noun(7 words)

arguing attacking attacks confounding contestscontradicted resultcontradicted study

Strong matches (65)

Noun(19 words)

counter evidencecounterattack counterattacks counterclaiming counterclaims counterevidence countering counterpoint counterpoints counters criticizing debunking defeated defending demolishing disagreeing disavowing disclaiming disproving

countercharge counterclaim cross crush defeat defend demolish deny destroy disaffirm disallow disavow disclaim disconfirm dismiss disowndispose ofdisprove dispute espouse

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evert explode

Verb(24 words)

counterclaimed countered debunk debunked debunks demolished demolishes denies deny disagree disagrees disbelieves discredit discredits dismantle dismantles disprovedisprove a hypothesisdisproved disproves

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dispute disputed expostulating falsifies

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Verb(24 words)

falsify gainsaid gainsays invalidate invalidated invalidates negate negated negates nullified opposeoverride hypothesisoverrule polemicise punctured questioned rebutted repudiates retortedripping apart

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rubbished rubbishestear downundermine

fight finish floor forswear gainsay impugnjoin issue uponmaintainmake a pleamake a rebuttalnonplusnot acceptnot admitnullify oppose overthrow overturn overwhelm parryplead for

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put to silencerebut recantreduce to silencerefuse to admitrejoin renounce reply repudiate respond retract revoke ripostesay in defensesettleshut upsilencesmash all oppositionspeak forspeak up forsquash squelchstand up forstick up forsubvert support surrebut surrejoin sustaintake backtake issue withundermine uphold upseturge reasons forvindicate

Noun(27 words)

fisk gainsayinghandling chargeinvalidating invaliding invalidsitalian negareneg negating negativingobject volumeoverruling overturns polemise punctures puncturing rebato rebuts rebutting reject

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rip apartrips apartrocroi rubbishingsilence a rumortear apartthou art not

Adjective(2 words)

shattered unproved

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More general

8 entries

confute critique debate disown disprove dispute renounce repudiate

More specific

6 entries

counterargument counterexample counterpointlogical refutationmethodological critiquerebuttal

Collocations

5 entries

refute a claimrefute evidencerefute the argumentrefute the claimstrongly refute

Inflections

3 entries

refuted refutes refuting

Derivations

4 entries

refutable refutation refuter refuting

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The witnesses were able to refute the false testimony of the suspect.

Source: tatoeba (1973)

The scientific truth of evolution is so overwhelmingly established, that it is virtually impossible to refute.

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I don't want to refute this outworn idea.

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The ideologist of nuclear devastation Bertran Rassel promises to refute (once again) materialsm with his newest ideas about the language structure.

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