Synonyms for confirm
kənˈfɜrmcon·firm

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1. confirmverb

   Antonyms:
   contradict, dispute, question, deny, disconfirm

2. confirmverb

   Antonyms:
   disconfirm, contradict, question, dispute, deny

3. confirmverb

   Antonyms:
   deny, contradict, question, disconfirm, dispute

4. confirmverb

   Antonyms:
   question, dispute, deny, contradict, disconfirm

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1. confirm

   Confirm (Latin con, together, and firmus, firm) is to add firmness or give stability to. Both confirm and corroborate presuppose something already existing to which the confirmation or corroboration is added. Testimony is corroborated by concurrent testimony or by circumstances; confirmed by established facts. That which is thoroughly proved is said to be established; so is that which is official and has adequate power behind it; as, the established government; the established church. The continents are fixed. A treaty is ratified; an appointment confirmed. An act is sanctioned by any person or authority that passes upon it approvingly. A statement is substantiated; a report confirmed; a controversy settled; the decision of a lower court sustained by a higher. Just government should be upheld. The beneficent results of Christianity confirm our faith in it as a divine revelation.

   Synonyms:
   assure, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold

   Antonyms:
   abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weaken

   Preposition:
   Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. confirm

   Synonyms:
   strengthen, stabilitate, establish, substantiate, settle, prove, fix, perpetuate, sanction, corroborate, ratify

   Antonyms:
   weaken, shake, upset, cancel, abrogate, repeal, annul, confute, refute

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirmverb

   establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

   "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

   Synonyms:
   actualise, realise, abide, embody, verify, get, support, stomach, defend, plunk for, hold up, substantiate, keep going, actualize, back, have, avow, fend for, patronise, stick out, assert, back up, keep, digest, nurture, keep up, corroborate, endorse, validate, reassert, hold, bear out, incarnate, affirm, swan, subscribe, brook, indorse, body forth, tolerate, suffer, endure, stand, aver, maintain, prolong, nourish, sustain, realize, patronize, underpin, plump for, patronage, put up, swear, bear

2. confirm, reassertverb

   strengthen or make more firm

   "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"

   Synonyms:
   support, substantiate, reassert, sustain, affirm, corroborate

3. confirmverb

   make more firm

   "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"

   Synonyms:
   support, substantiate, reassert, sustain, affirm, corroborate

4. confirmverb

   support a person for a position

   "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"

   Synonyms:
   support, substantiate, reassert, sustain, affirm, corroborate

5. confirmverb

   administer the rite of confirmation to

   "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"

   Synonyms:
   support, substantiate, reassert, sustain, affirm, corroborate

Matched Categories

1. • Affirm
   • Approve
   • Covenant
   • Religion
   • Strengthen

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confirmverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, fix, settle, assure, make firm

2. confirmverb

   Synonyms:
   strengthen, add strength to

3. confirmverb

   Synonyms:
   corroborate, substantiate, verify

4. confirmverb

   Synonyms:
   ratify, sanction, bind

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. confirmverb

   Synonyms:
   ratify, verify, corroborate, substantiate

   Antonyms:
   abrogate

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1. List of paraphrases for "confirm":

   confirms, confirmation, affirm, confirming, reaffirm, confirmed, assure, verify, assures, validate, affirms, corroborate, reconfirm, uphold, attest, ascertain, acknowledge, endorse, substantiate, reiterate, confirmatory, certify, assert, check

Suggested Resources

1. Confirm

   Confirm vs. Conform -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Confirm and Conform.

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1. Godoy Cruz:

   We have to confirm the regrettable news about Santiago Garcia, everyone at the club feels completely distressed.

2. Heidi Heitkamp:

   After meeting her and talking with former leaders in our intelligence community, I have concluded that Gina Haspel meets these standards. I am therefore planning to vote to confirm her as Director of CIA, but this was not an easy decision. Ms. Haspel's involvement in torture is deeply troubling, as my friend and colleague, John McCain, so eloquently reminded us. However, Acting Director Haspel explained to me that the agency should not have employed such tactics in the past and has assured me that it will not do so in the future.

3. Stephen Briggs:

   I can't confirm it (Glencore selling metal stocks) ... but it is much easier to liquidate LME (refined) metals than concentrates.

4. Karun Arya:

   I want to confirm that no driver partners with Uber have been arrested in the past or today, you have been given incorrect information by the Jakarta police.

5. Christine Blasey Ford:

   They expect this to be treated seriously and addressed promptly. That is precisely -- precisely what Chairman [ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ] Grassley has done and is doing. ... But the American people also insist that vague, unsubstantiated and uncorroborated allegations of 30-plus-year-old misconduct, where all the supposed witnesses either totally deny it or can't confirm it, is nowhere near grounds to nullify someone's career or destroy their good name.