Antonyms for establish
ɪˈstæb lɪʃes·tab·lish

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1. establish

   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.

   Antonyms:
   abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weaken

   Synonyms:
   assure, confirm, corroborate, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold

   Preposition:
   Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.

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1. establish

   Antonyms:
   suppliant, unsettle, break-up, disestablish, misstate, confute, refute upset, subvert, presume, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmise

   Synonyms:
   plant, fir, settle, found, demonstrate, organize, confirm, institute, prove, substantiate

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1. establish, set up, found, launchverb

   set up or found

   "She set up a literacy program"

   Antonyms:
   abolish, get rid of

   Synonyms:
   tack together, put together, set in motion, lay down, found, prepare, institute, instal, piece, tack, show, fix, put in, base, gear up, put up, frame, entrap, make, arrange, ground, plant, give, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, prove, plunge, shew, ready, set up, demonstrate, put, effect, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, constitute, set, rig, build

2. establish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

   Antonyms:
   get rid of, abolish

   Synonyms:
   engraft, demonstrate, name, ground, implant, set up, install, be, set, base, found, institute, instal, launch, build, appoint, imbed, comprise, prove, represent, form, give, plant, shew, lay down, embed, make up, bring, nominate, make, show, constitute

3. 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"

   Antonyms:
   abolish, get rid of

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

4. lay down, establish, makeverb

   institute, enact, or establish

   "make laws"

   Antonyms:
   get rid of, abolish

   Synonyms:
   wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, construct, demonstrate, draw, cook, have, piddle, launch, plant, piss, constitute, do, stool, earn, make believe, get to, hold, shit, defecate, lay down, institute, name, install, set up, stimulate, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, make water, gain, ready, found, realize, make up, shew, give, attain, pull in, induce, form, pee, show, make, wee, ca-ca, get, prepare, base, micturate, ground, reach, prove, build, throw, pass water, arrive at, pee-pee, relieve oneself, instal, spend a penny, take in, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, nominate, take a leak, score, cause, urinate, work, fix, realise, seduce

5. establish, giveverb

   bring about

   "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

   Antonyms:
   get rid of, abolish

   Synonyms:
   hand, commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, lay down, collapse, found, institute, instal, impart, pass on, show, return, base, reach, present, have, fall in, make, pay, ground, throw, gift, kick in, feed, set up, ease up, apply, plant, give, grant, open, founder, move over, devote, hold, pass, render, launch, prove, shew, sacrifice, yield, turn over, demonstrate, leave, give way, install, consecrate, break, generate, contribute, constitute, afford, build

6. install, instal, set up, establishverb

   place

   "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

   Antonyms:
   get rid of, abolish

   Synonyms:
   tack together, put together, lay down, frame, prepare, institute, instal, piece, tack, show, fix, put in, base, gear up, put up, found, entrap, make, arrange, ground, plant, give, order, erect, ensnare, raise, lay out, launch, pitch, prove, shew, ready, set up, demonstrate, put, effect, effectuate, install, rear, assemble, constitute, set, rig, build

7. build, establishverb

   build or establish something abstract

   "build a reputation"

   Antonyms:
   abolish, get rid of

   Synonyms:
   demonstrate, ground, progress, install, construct, found, plant, base, set up, ramp up, instal, launch, build, prove, give, institute, build up, show, shew, lay down, make, work up, constitute

8. establish, base, ground, foundverb

   use as a basis for; found on

   "base a claim on some observation"

   Antonyms:
   get rid of, abolish

   Synonyms:
   demonstrate, ground, set up, install, strand, base, found, institute, instal, launch, build, prove, free-base, give, run aground, plant, shew, undercoat, lay down, prime, anchor, make, show, constitute

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1. establishverb

   Synonyms:
   found, organize, institute, substantiate, verify, ratify

How to use establish in a sentence?

1. Patrick Conley:

   The word' Democratic Providence' is for God's divine providence in giving Roger Williams a place to establish the American principle of religious liberty and church-state separation, you want to wipe that away ?

2. Carol Thomas:

   Chinese brands will no doubt see the current situation as an opportunity and there is a chance more will look to establish a Russian production base in the future.

3. David Akin:

   I try to make a point to establish relationships every day on the set, and (producers and directors) love New Orleans.

4. Alexandre de Juniac:

   The most serious and vigorous attitude is to check and verify and establish facts, on this issue our permanent position is to wait for the results of the investigation to draw any conclusion.

5. James Comey:

   I think its good that he was able to finish the work and establish both that the Russia thing wasnt a hoax - that the Russians interfered in the election in a huge way, and thats really important, and then another piece of good news, the evidence didnt establish that any Americans conspired as part of that effort. That should be good news no matter what party youre associated with.

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