What is another word for corroborate?
Synonyms for corroborate
kəˈrɒb əˌreɪt; -ər ɪtcor·rob·o·rate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
corroborate
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, confirm, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, upholdAntonyms:
abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weakenPreposition:
Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
corroborate
Synonyms:
strengthen, confirm, fortify, supportAntonyms:
weaken, invalidate, shake, confute, rebut, enfeeble
Princeton's WordNet
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, endorse, validate, reassert, hold, confirm, 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, bearvalidate, corroborateverb
give evidence for
Synonyms:
formalize, substantiate, sustain, bear out, affirm, underpin, support, confirm, validate, formalisecorroborate, underpin, bear out, supportverb
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
"The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
Synonyms:
digest, abide, tolerate, support, plunk for, hold up, endure, back, stick out, fend for, patronise, back up, keep going, put up, endorse, validate, stomach, defend, confirm, bear out, affirm, subscribe, brook, indorse, suffer, stand, sustain, patronize, underpin, substantiate, hold, plump for, patronage, bear
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
corroborateverb
Synonyms:
strengthen, confirm, establish, sustain, support
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#656 | keep | |
#867 | subscribe | |
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#1778 | stand | |
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#2464 | fix | |
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#8863 | brook | |
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#11256 | sustain | |
#12075 | endorse | |
#12106 | abide | |
#12122 | validate | |
#12748 | realise | |
#13093 | assert | |
#13628 | swear | |
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#38704 | nourish | |
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#39584 | substantiate | |
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#40276 | incarnate | |
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#118551 | actualize | |
#170258 | avow | |
#216944 | patronise | |
#321924 | indorse |
How to use corroborate in a sentence?
I can see why they want to get off of zero, but the economy just hasn't really been able to corroborate.
This involves searching out or only paying attention to information that supports a belief, for example, the confirmation bias may sustain people’s belief in an apocalyptic prophecy because they start to focus on events, information, et cetera that seem to corroborate the prophecy.
At this point, we still can't corroborate the theory that terrorism brought it down or there was some structural problem with the plane, certainly, the backdrop is suggestive of terrorism in the sense that we have the Russian plane in Sharm el-Sheikh and we have the aspiration we've seen time and time again, not only of ISIL( Islamic State) now but of AQAP( al Qaeda), still very potent and still very determined to bring down aircraft.
We haven't received anything officially nor have we received any intelligence reports that corroborate what has been said in Sri Lanka, sri Lanka will be in the very early stages of its investigations. So we are simply stepping back and allowing them to undertake those, but we have nothing at this stage to corroborate what is being said.
He just doesn’t believe [the claim], there is nothing to corroborate her claim.
Translations for corroborate
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- подкрепям, потвърждавамBulgarian
- bestätigen, untermauern, bekräftigen, stützenGerman
- konfirmiEsperanto
- corroborarSpanish
- تأییدPersian
- vahvistaaFinnish
- co-niartey, co-niartagheyManx
- megerősítHungarian
- styrkjaIcelandic
- 裏付けるJapanese
- corrōborōLatin
- onderbouwenDutch
- potwierdzaćPolish
- corroborarPortuguese
- подкреплять, подтверждатьRussian
- podpretiSlovene
- bestyrka, styrka, bekräftaSwedish
- delille desteklemekTurkish
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