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Synonyms for refute
rɪˈfyutre·fute
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Wiktionary
refuteverb
Synonyms:
deny, repudiate, disprove, reject, gainsayAntonyms:
embrace, accept, demonstrate, proverefuteverb
To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
Synonyms:
repudiate, reject, deny, gainsay, disproveAntonyms:
demonstrate, prove, accept, embracerefuteverb
To deny the truth or correctness of (something).
Synonyms:
deny, gainsay, disprove, repudiate, rejectAntonyms:
prove, accept, embrace, demonstrate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
refute
To refute and to confute are to answer so as to admit of no reply. To refute a statement is to demonstrate its falsity by argument or countervailing proof; confute is substantially the same in meaning, tho differing in usage. Refute applies either to arguments and opinions or to accusations; confute is not applied to accusations and charges, but to arguments or opinions. Refute is not now applied to persons, but confute is in good use in this application; a person is confuted when his arguments are refuted.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
refute
Synonyms:
negative, disprove, neutralize, controvert, repel, confute
Princeton's WordNet
refute, rebutverb
overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
"The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
Synonyms:
controvert, rebutrefute, rebut, controvertverb
prove to be false or incorrect
Synonyms:
controvert, rebut, contradict, oppose
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
refuteverb
Synonyms:
confute, disprove, prove to be false
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2605 | negative | |
#7851 | deny | |
#8574 | reject | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#27471 | overthrow | |
#27874 | contradict | |
#37276 | refute | |
#39656 | neutralize | |
#40623 | dispel | |
#42537 | repel | |
#50911 | disprove | |
#59581 | confound | |
#61142 | rebut | |
#66749 | refutes | |
#82810 | repudiate | |
#214744 | gainsay | |
#269524 | controvert | |
#306798 | confute |
How to use refute in a sentence?
We never pick a fight or bully others. But we have principles and guts. We will push back against any deliberate insult, resolutely defend our national honor and dignity, and we will refute all groundless slander with facts.
Citing me that way, they make it sound like I was making that argument. But I wasn't. On page 37, I raise that argument as something a critic might say, and then I refute it.
I think she's going to be a good witness and I think we will be prepared for that and be prepared to refute any unjustified criticism.
Josh's characterization of me and this incident is completely inaccurate, and there are eyewitnesses to refute Urban Meyer account.
I completely refute what has been indicated by some that there will be a loss with regard this agreement compared to the hypothesis of a sale to Russia.
Translations for refute
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- دحArabic
- refutarCatalan, Valencian
- vyvrátitCzech
- widerlegen, widersprechen, entkräften, anfechtenGerman
- rebatir, refutarSpanish
- osoittaa, vääräksiFinnish
- rejeter, chicaner, réfuter, récuser, contesterFrench
- tagad, cáfolHungarian
- հերքելArmenian
- confutareItalian
- 反駁Japanese
- redarguoLatin
- ദൂഷണം, നിരാകരിക്കൽMalayalam
- weigeren, refuteren, weerleggenDutch
- motbeviseNorwegian
- refutar, negarPortuguese
- refutaRomanian
- опровергнуть, опровергать, доказывать несостоятельность, доказывать ложностьRussian
- दूषणःSanskrit
- opovrgnutiSerbo-Croatian
- ovrečiSlovene
- motbevisa, vederläggaSwedish
- หักล้างThai
- ispatlamak, karşı çıkmak, çürütmek, reddetmek, kanıtlamakTurkish
- bác bỏVietnamese
- ריפיוטירןYiddish
- 反驳Chinese
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