validate | Definition of validate

Synonyms and Antonyms of validate

1 to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of

a witness independently validated the policeman's version of events

Synonyms of validate

argue, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, verify, vindicate

Words Related to validate

avouch, back (up), testify (to), vouch (for), witness

guarantee, warrant

affirm, assert, aver, avow, declare, profess

demonstrate, document, establish, prove, reinforce (also reenforce)

Near Antonyms of validate

contradict, gainsay

deny, disavow, disclaim

challenge, contest, dispute, question

Antonyms of validate

disprove, rebut, refute

2 to show the existence or truth of by evidence

the booming economy in and of itself validated the soundness of the government's economic policies

Synonyms of validate

demonstrate, document, establish, prove, substantiate

Words Related to validate

back (up), buttress, circumstantiate, corroborate

evidence, evince, record, support, uphold, witness

adduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identify

confirm, sustain, verify, vouch

clinch, nail, settle

confess, depose, testify

Near Antonyms of validate

challenge, dispute, object

allege, assume, conjecture, guess, presume, surmise, suspect

Antonyms of validate

disprove, rebut, refute