Synonyms for substantiate
səbˈstæn ʃiˌeɪtsub·stan·ti·ate

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1. substantiate

   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, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, 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.

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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, keep going, actualize, back, have, avow, fend for, patronise, stick out, assert, back up, keep, digest, nurture, keep up, corroborate, 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, bear

2. incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiateverb

   represent in bodily form

   "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

   Synonyms:
   body forth, embody, sustain, realise, affirm, actualise, actualize, support, personify, corroborate, confirm, be, realize, incarnate

3. realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiateverb

   make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

   "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

   Synonyms:
   actualise, actualize, see, realise, gain, corroborate, recognize, recognise, support, embody, clear, agnise, confirm, take in, pull in, agnize, sustain, incarnate, understand, affirm, body forth, realize, bring in, make, earn

4. substantiateverb

   solidify, firm, or strengthen

   "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

   Synonyms:
   body forth, embody, realize, sustain, realise, affirm, actualise, actualize, support, corroborate, confirm, incarnate

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Create
   • Strengthen

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1. substantiateverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, verify, prove, confirm, corroborate, ratify, make good

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1. substantiateverb

   Synonyms:
   verify, corroborate, confirm, prove

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1. List of paraphrases for "substantiate":

   justify, corroborate, support, underpin, prove, validate, confirm

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How to use substantiate in a sentence?

1. Army University:

   Sixteen witnesses were interviewed, several multiple times, in an effort to develop evidence to determine if there was probable cause to substantiate the allegation.

2. Todd Stumbo:

   I'm all about adding interventions and therapeutic techniques that have proven to be significantly profound in the changes to somebody's life and treatment. Unfortunately, I don't know that there's evidence to substantiate that marijuana's had that effect, our take is abstinence based and we use every tool or intervention we can that's been proven effective in the past.

3. The FTC:

   It is highly unlikely that they can substantiate all reasonable interpretations of these claims.

4. Christian Horner:

   As a driver in the form of Max Verstappen life at the moment, I think arguably for the past 12 months he's been the best driver in the world, how do I substantiate that ? He's not in the best car but when you look at the results that he's got out of that car since Montreal last year, some of the performances that he's put in, he's made virtually zero mistakes in that period.

5. Varshini Prakash:

   It's hard to substantiate which one is more or less of a threat, we will need to put pressure on Republicans who are up for reelection in the Senate in 2022. We will need to put pressure on Democrats who are in more conservative states right now. We will need to also pressure leadership like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi to fight like hell to pass climate policy, not just cater to those who are holding us back from Congress.