Prosecutors in court have to substantiate their claims in order to prove a suspect is guilty.
Source: tatoeba (1956)
Substantiate
/səbˈstænʃieɪt/
Synonyms for "substantiate" (163 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Verb(9 words)
Noun(4 words)
backs upbackup copy drivecompile corroborationconfirm verb
Strong matches (49)
Noun(15 words)
confirmed conditiondata supportdocument evidencedocument sourcedocument weekly patterndocumented casedocumentingevidenceevidence supportsevidences improvementevidencing claimevidencing reasoningevidencing results chartfrench revolution documentsillustrating
Adjective(2 words)
confirmed findingexternal survey corroboration
Verb(10 words)
confirmingcorroboratecorroboratedcorroboratescorroboratingdemonstratedocumentedembodyevidencing claimsground a hypothesis
corporealizecorporifycorroboratecut and trydemonstratedescend to particularsdetaildocumentembodyenter into detailessayestablishexperimentexteriorizeexternalizefleshfortifygive a trygive a tryoutgive full particulars
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have a goincarnate
Related words (81)
Verb(21 words)
incarnatejustifyproveprove a claimprovide supportrealiserealizereinforcessupport a claimsupportedsustaintestifiestruedunderpinsvalidatevalidate argumentsvalidatesverifyverify resultsverify sources
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incorporateinstanceitemizejustifymanifestmaterializeobjectifyparticularizepersonalizepersonifyplay around withpracticepractice uponprobateproveput to trialratifyreembodyreincarnatereinforce
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researchroad testroad-testrun a samplesampleshake downshowspecifyspell outstrengthensubstantializesubstantifysupportsustaintastetesttransmigratetrytry it ontry outundergirdupholdvalidateverifyvouchwarrant
Noun(12 words)
justify the claimjustify with evidencemore evidencedproved helpfulshore upsupport with datasupporting informationsupporting resultverified claimverify sampleverify verbvoi validiate
Adjective(2 words)
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2 entriesCollocations
5 entriescredible sourcessubstantiation of claimsupporting evidencethe claimthe data
Inflections
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1 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I am going to substantiate this theory.
Source: tatoeba (56524)
Can you substantiate that claim?
Source: tatoeba (4496558)
Sami won't be able to substantiate that alibi.
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