What are some opposite words for affirm?

Antonyms for affirm
əˈfɜrmaf·firm

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  1. affirmverb

    Antonyms:
    deny

  2. affirmverb

    She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.

    Antonyms:
    deny

  3. affirmverb

    They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.

    Antonyms:
    deny

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. affirm

    To allege is formally to state as true or capable of proof, but without proving. To adduce, literally to lead to, is to bring the evidence up to what has been alleged. Adduce is a secondary word; nothing can be adduced in evidence till something has been stated or alleged, which the evidence is to sustain. An alleged fact stands open to question or doubt. To speak of an alleged document, an alleged will, an alleged crime, is either to question, or at least very carefully to refrain from admitting, that the document exists, that the will is genuine, or that the crime has been committed. Alleged is, however, respectful; to speak of the "so-called" will or deed, etc., would be to cast discredit upon the document, and imply that the speaker was ready to brand it as unquestionably spurious; alleged simply concedes nothing and leaves the question open. To produce is to bring forward, as, for instance, papers or persons. Adduce is not used of persons; of them we say introduce or produce. When an alleged criminal is brought to trial, the counsel on either side are accustomed to advance a theory, and adduce the strongest possible evidence in its support; they will produce documents and witnesses, cite precedents, assign reasons, introduce suggestions, offer pleas. The accused will usually assert his innocence. Compare STATE.

    Synonyms:
    adduce, advance, allege, assert, asseverate, assign, aver, cite, claim, declare, introduce, maintain, offer, plead, produce, say, state

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  1. affirm

    Antonyms:
    deny, dispute, doubt, demur, negative, contradict, gainsay, oppugn, impugn, oppose

    Synonyms:
    assert, swear, testify, tell, aver, propound, asseverate, depose, state, declare, endorse, maintain

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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"

    Antonyms:
    negate, contradict

    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, corroborate, endorse, validate, reassert, hold, confirm, bear out, incarnate, 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. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swearverb

    to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

    "Before God I swear I am innocent"

    Antonyms:
    contradict, negate

    Synonyms:
    vagabond, depose, put forward, ramble, support, range, trust, bank, stray, rove, roll, rely, say, cast, imprecate, avouch, insist, wander, control, corroborate, assert, confirm, swan, curse, blaspheme, tramp, avow, allege, verify, asseverate, aver, maintain, drift, sustain, substantiate, depone, roam, swear, cuss

  3. affirmverb

    say yes to

    Antonyms:
    negate, contradict

    Synonyms:
    swear, substantiate, avow, sustain, verify, assert, support, swan, corroborate, confirm, aver

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. affirmverb

    Synonyms:
    assert (positively), aver, asseverate, state

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. AFFIRM

    Synonyms:
    Atrial Fibrillation Followup: Investigation of Rhythm Management

How to use affirm in a sentence?

  1. Ken Paxton:

    As federal courts have already ruled three times, there are limits to the President's authority, and those limits enacted by Congress were exceeded when the President unilaterally sought to grant 'lawful presence' to more than 4 million unauthorized aliens who are in this country unlawfully, the Court should affirm what President Obama said himself on more than 20 occasions: that he cannot unilaterally rewrite congressional laws and circumvent the people's representatives.

  2. United States:

    The innovations we contribute to the iPhone extend well beyond a single component and Judge McNamara's decision, along with recent infringement rulings in other United States and foreign courts, affirm the value of our technologies.

  3. Susan Hrostowski:

    There is no greater joy on this planet than to have him as my son and for the world to understand, appreciate and affirm that he is my son.

  4. Alan Ruskin:

    The most sensitive comments will revolve around whether Powell is willing to reaffirm a view that the easing cycle is a 'mid-cycle adjustment' or align more closely to market thinking, if he sticks to the old language as is most likely, it would affirm that he is still confident that the strength of consumption, in combination with modest Fed easing, will be sufficient to keep the recovery broadly on track.

  5. Scott Walker:

    My criteria when evaluating these bills were simple : Do they improve transparency ? Do they increase accountability ? Do they affirm stability ? And do they protect the taxpayers ? The answer is yes.

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