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Antonyms for establish
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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. establish

    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, confirm, corroborate, 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 Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. establish

    Antonyms:
    suppliant, unsettle, break-up, disestablish, misstate, confute, refute upset, subvert, presume, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmise

    Synonyms:
    plant, fir, settle, found, demonstrate, organize, confirm, institute, prove, substantiate

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 4 votes

  1. establish, set up, found, launchverb

    set up or found

    "She set up a literacy program"

    Antonyms:
    abolish, get rid of

    Synonyms:
    tack together, put together, set in motion, lay down, found, prepare, institute, instal, piece, tack, show, fix, put in, base, gear up, put up, frame, entrap, make, arrange, ground, plant, give, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, prove, plunge, shew, ready, set up, demonstrate, put, effect, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, constitute, set, rig, build

  2. establish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb

    set up or lay the groundwork for

    "establish a new department"

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

    Synonyms:
    engraft, demonstrate, name, ground, implant, set up, install, be, set, base, found, institute, instal, launch, build, appoint, imbed, comprise, prove, represent, form, give, plant, shew, lay down, embed, make up, bring, nominate, make, show, constitute

  3. prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shewverb

    establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

    "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

    Antonyms:
    abolish, get rid of

    Synonyms:
    attest, express, rise, lay down, found, leaven, demo, try, exhibit, build, show, testify, depict, install, test, evidence, try out, present, read, instal, point, examine, make, indicate, ground, record, picture, register, certify, usher, plant, give, designate, essay, raise, render, launch, evince, prove, shew, institute, set up, turn out, demonstrate, manifest, show up, turn up, march, constitute, base, bear witness

  4. lay down, establish, makeverb

    institute, enact, or establish

    "make laws"

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

    Synonyms:
    wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, construct, demonstrate, draw, cook, have, piddle, launch, plant, piss, constitute, do, stool, earn, make believe, get to, hold, shit, defecate, lay down, institute, name, install, set up, stimulate, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, make water, gain, ready, found, realize, make up, shew, give, attain, pull in, induce, form, pee, show, make, wee, ca-ca, get, prepare, base, micturate, ground, reach, prove, build, throw, pass water, arrive at, pee-pee, relieve oneself, instal, spend a penny, take in, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, nominate, take a leak, score, cause, urinate, work, fix, realise, seduce

  5. establish, giveverb

    bring about

    "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

    Synonyms:
    hand, commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, lay down, collapse, found, institute, instal, impart, pass on, show, return, base, reach, present, have, fall in, make, pay, ground, throw, gift, kick in, feed, set up, ease up, apply, plant, give, grant, open, founder, move over, devote, hold, pass, render, launch, prove, shew, sacrifice, yield, turn over, demonstrate, leave, give way, install, consecrate, break, generate, contribute, constitute, afford, build

  6. install, instal, set up, establishverb

    place

    "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

    Synonyms:
    tack together, put together, lay down, frame, prepare, institute, instal, piece, tack, show, fix, put in, base, gear up, put up, found, entrap, make, arrange, ground, plant, give, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, prove, shew, ready, set up, demonstrate, put, effect, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, constitute, set, rig, build

  7. build, establishverb

    build or establish something abstract

    "build a reputation"

    Antonyms:
    abolish, get rid of

    Synonyms:
    demonstrate, ground, progress, install, construct, found, plant, base, set up, ramp up, instal, launch, build, prove, give, institute, build up, show, shew, lay down, make, work up, constitute

  8. establish, base, ground, foundverb

    use as a basis for; found on

    "base a claim on some observation"

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

    Synonyms:
    demonstrate, ground, set up, install, strand, base, found, institute, instal, launch, build, prove, free-base, give, run aground, plant, shew, undercoat, lay down, prime, anchor, make, show, constitute

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  1. establishverb

    Synonyms:
    found, organize, institute, substantiate, verify, ratify

How to use establish in a sentence?

  1. Michael Elleman:

    The revelations, pronouncements and 'tests' appear to be part of a campaign to establish the narrative that Pyongyang has, or will soon have, a nuclear-armed, long-range missile that could threaten the U.S. mainland, each unveiling, if real, would be part of a structured program aimed at developing the capability. The open question is: How real are these tests?

  2. Nils Bildt:

    The government sidelined whatever private communication channels there were in place and proved unable to establish effective contact with the militants until the very end.

  3. Chief Executive Vittorio Colao:

    The real thing that Europe needs is fibre and open fibre, ideally access to dark fibre, so you can all compete on the same grounds, and that is also future proof, there is a clear agenda on the part of these companies to undo 30 years of customer choice, re-establish their former monopolies and make it very difficult for other players to compete.

  4. Maithripala Sirisena:

    We will go for an election in 100 days. So this is a temporary cabinet for the 100-day program. The government will establish a stable cabinet after the elections, myself, the prime minister and the party leaders have taken a firm stand that we will take strong action against people who are engaging in illegal activities, corruption, malpractices and cheating, regardless of being a minister, deputy minister or anybody else.

  5. Enoch Adeboye:

    I and members of my Family condemn this act strongly and urge everyone to stay calm as we are already looking into the matter and cooperating with the police to establish the facts of the shocking situation... #justiceforuwa.

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