Synonyms for prove
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1. prove

   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, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, 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. prove

   Synonyms:
   try, assay, test, establish, demonstrate, ascertain, argue, show, confirm, examine, substantiate, make trial of, verify, ascertain

   Antonyms:
   pass, pretermit, misdemonstrate, misindicate, refute, disprove, contradict, disestablish, neutralize

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1. prove, turn out, turn upverb

   be shown or be found to be

   "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"

   Synonyms:
   rise, dig up, leaven, try, boot out, show, testify, establish, uprise, rotate, test, evidence, try out, come on, cut, surface, get up, examine, arise, turf out, spread out, turn off, exclude, essay, raise, switch off, chuck out, shew, fold, excavate, turn out, demonstrate, splay, show up, turn up, locate, eject, come out, fold up, bear witness, bear

   Antonyms:
   confute, disprove

2. 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"

   Synonyms:
   attest, express, rise, lay down, found, leaven, demo, try, exhibit, build, show, testify, establish, 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, shew, institute, set up, turn out, demonstrate, manifest, show up, turn up, march, constitute, base, bear witness

   Antonyms:
   disprove, confute

3. testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, showverb

   provide evidence for

   "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

   Synonyms:
   attest, express, rise, leaven, demo, try, exhibit, register, show, testify, establish, depict, test, evidence, try out, tell, present, read, point, examine, indicate, take the stand, record, picture, certify, usher, designate, essay, raise, render, evince, shew, turn out, demonstrate, manifest, show up, turn up, bear witness

   Antonyms:
   disprove, confute

4. proveverb

   prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

   Synonyms:
   rise, examine, demonstrate, testify, essay, evidence, try out, try, test, bear witness, shew, turn up, establish, leaven, raise, turn out, show

   Antonyms:
   confute, disprove

5. test, prove, try, try out, examine, essayverb

   put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

   "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

   Synonyms:
   audition, rise, analyze, leaven, try, sample, show, testify, establish, test, evidence, try out, study, examine, see, seek, try on, probe, quiz, attempt, essay, raise, adjudicate, render, shew, judge, screen, taste, turn out, demonstrate, turn up, experiment, strain, analyse, stress, hear, canvass, assay, canvas, bear witness

   Antonyms:
   confute, disprove

6. rise, proveverb

   increase in volume

   "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"

   Synonyms:
   rise, stand up, climb up, show, testify, establish, uprise, test, evidence, try out, leaven, heighten, go up, rebel, surface, lift, examine, arise, spring up, come up, grow, originate, resurrect, ascend, develop, climb, essay, raise, try, get up, shew, move up, turn out, jump, demonstrate, turn up, rear, mount, rise up, wax, bear witness

   Antonyms:
   confute, disprove

7. raise, leaven, proveverb

   cause to puff up with a leaven

   "unleavened bread"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, farm, rise, put forward, leaven, set up, try, upgrade, try out, show, testify, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, recruit, upraise, enkindle, establish, put up, heighten, stir, evidence, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, examine, fire, arouse, grow, bring up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, erect, essay, call down, get up, produce, shew, call forth, invoke, turn out, demonstrate, raise, turn up, evoke, rear, parent, enhance, test, bear witness

   Antonyms:
   confute, disprove

8. proveverb

   take a trial impression of

   Synonyms:
   rise, examine, demonstrate, testify, essay, evidence, try out, try, test, bear witness, shew, turn up, establish, leaven, raise, turn out, show

   Antonyms:
   confute, disprove

9. proveverb

   obtain probate of

   "prove a will"

   Synonyms:
   rise, examine, demonstrate, testify, essay, evidence, try out, try, test, bear witness, shew, turn up, establish, leaven, raise, turn out, show

   Antonyms:
   confute, disprove

Matched Categories

1. • Authenticate
   • Be
   • Grow
   • Inform
   • Judge
   • Law
   • Mathematics
   • Print
   • Prove
   • Raise

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1. proveverb

   Synonyms:
   demonstrate, show, manifest, confirm, establish, evidence, evince, substantiate, verify, make good

2. proveverb

   Synonyms:
   try, test, examine, make trial of, put to the test, experiment upon, submit to the test or proof

3. proveverb

   Synonyms:
   turn out, be found to be

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1. proveverb

   Synonyms:
   verify, corroborate, substantiate, demonstrate

   Antonyms:
   disprove, refute

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1. List of paraphrases for "prove":

   demonstrate, show, proof, be, test, proves, substantiate, establish, evidence

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1. Efraim Zuroff:

   There was a full-scale revolution in terms of German prosecution policy, before, you had to prove that somebody had committed murder, or had committed a specific crime. Now it’s enough to prove (that the person) served in a death camp – and Auschwitz was certainly a death camp.

2. Attorney Tim Jansen:

   They turned over every stone. And I think they ultimately made a decision that they didn’t have evidence to prove a crime, and I know critics think that the congressman somehow bought it off or somehow used his power, but I found (federal prosecutor) Todd (Gee) very responsible. He was very organized. He had evidence that he believed that he was following, and they made a determination that they weren’t going to charge.

3. President Obama:

   Time and again this election, Jeb Bush has been outshone by more charismatic candidates. On Monday, there was a slight variation on the story. Once again, Jeb was outdone by a much more talented politician, but this time, it was a backer and not a rival: Jeb’s big brother George W. Bush. It was the former president’s first appearance on the campaign trail this cycle, and it came just a few days before the South Carolina Republican primary, which is shaping up to be a make-or-break moment for Jeb. President Bush, along with his wife Laura and Senator Lindsey Graham, helped pack 3,000 people in for a rally in North Charleston. It’s proof that his popularity endures in South Carolina, but it’s too early to tell whether that popularity will prove transferrable.

4. Joe Biden:

   If Russia attacks Ukraine, it'll be met with overwhelming international condemnation, the world will not forget that Russia chose needless death and destruction. Invading Ukraine will prove to be a self-inflicted wound. Russian President Vladimir Putin (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool).

5. Michael Spinks:

   Ali thought I was a wimp, and I had to prove to him I wasn’t, i knew I could beat him after watching his fights.