Antonyms for confirm
kənˈfɜrmcon·firm

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.6 / 9 votes

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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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

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

   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

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

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

Matched Categories

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

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

1. confirmverb

   Antonyms:
   abrogate

   Synonyms:
   ratify, verify, corroborate, substantiate

How to use confirm in a sentence?

1. Dave Keiter:

   Given the proximity to Portland, we were very surprised when this report came in and elated when we were able to verify the sighting, we really appreciate the people who reported this rare occurrence and Cascadia Wild who helped us confirm the report and begin monitoring efforts.

2. Koichi Nakano:

   It’s a bit like a gambler who already has lost too much, pulling out of it now will only confirm the huge losses made, but carrying on you can still cling to the hope of winning big and taking it all back.

3. Hiroyuki Nakai:

   Next week's FOMC (Fed meeting) is the main focus for now. Investors do not want to take positions aggressively until they confirm what the Fed will do with rates.

4. Guillermo Wade:

   The CGT San Lorenzo branch called to confirm they have postponed the strike which they had planned for Monday.

5. Alberto Arenas:

   The results we got in the issue again confirm the confidence international markets have in Chile's economy, its stability.

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