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Synonyms for establish
ɪˈstæb lɪʃes·tab·lish

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

    Synonyms:
    assure, confirm, corroborate, fix, prove, 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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. establish

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

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

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 4 votes

  1. establish, set up, found, launchverb

    set up or found

    "She set up a literacy program"

    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

    Antonyms:
    abolish, get rid of

  2. establish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb

    set up or lay the groundwork for

    "establish a new department"

    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

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

  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"

    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

    Antonyms:
    abolish, get rid of

  4. lay down, establish, makeverb

    institute, enact, or establish

    "make laws"

    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

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

  5. establish, giveverb

    bring about

    "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

    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

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

  6. install, instal, set up, establishverb

    place

    "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"

    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

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

  7. build, establishverb

    build or establish something abstract

    "build a reputation"

    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

    Antonyms:
    abolish, get rid of

  8. establish, base, ground, foundverb

    use as a basis for; found on

    "base a claim on some observation"

    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

    Antonyms:
    get rid of, abolish

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. instate

    to form; to found; to institute; to set up

    Submitted by acronimous on June 24, 2014  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. establishverb

    Synonyms:
    fix, settle, plant, found, institute, constitute, organize, form

  2. establishverb

    Synonyms:
    confirm, ratify, sanction, approve

  3. establishverb

    Synonyms:
    prove, substantiate, verify, make good

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. establishverb

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

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How to use establish in a sentence?

  1. African Union:

    What happened in Libya is shocking, scandalous, but we must establish the responsibilities.

  2. Getty Images:

    In 2019, the North Slope Borough brought in [about] $394 million in property taxes from the oil industry. This consistent stream of revenue has allowed the NSB to build a new hospital, several community buildings, establish an elite search and rescue program complete with med-evac service, and establish an investment account fashioned after the Permanent Fund to generate revenue from investments and preserve wealth for future generations, that investment account totaled over $900 million in 2019.

  3. Lutz Meschke:

    We are convinced that cost efficient and flexible access to space will be an enabler of innovation in many industry sectors, with Isar Aerospace, we are investing in a company that is well positioned to establish Isar Aerospace as a leading European manufacturer of launch vehicles.

  4. Giuseppe Russo:

    We still have to establish who this individual was who went down to check the engine room.

  5. George Orwell, 1984 Book 3, Chapter 3:

    Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.


Translations for establish

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  • основавам, утвърждавам, затвърждавам, установявамBulgarian
  • establirCatalan, Valencian
  • einsetzen, herstellen, festlegen, niederlassen, feststellen, festsetzen, etablieren, eröffnen, gründen, begründenGerman
  • καθιερώνωGreek
  • establiEsperanto
  • establecer, nombrarSpanish
  • تاسيس كردنPersian
  • osoittaa, perustaa, vakiinnuttaa, nimittää, vahvistaaFinnish
  • établirFrench
  • stèidhichScottish Gaelic
  • establecerGalician
  • հիմնադրել, նշանակել, հաստատել, հիմնավորելArmenian
  • دامه‌زراندن, پێکهێنانKurdish
  • parākiri, whakaūMāori
  • bevestigen, oprichten, stichten, vaststellenDutch
  • etablere, fastslåNorwegian
  • ustalić, ustanowić, wyznaczyć, założyćPolish
  • estabelecer, firmar, fundar, nomearPortuguese
  • stabiliRomanian
  • учреждать, устанавливать, основывать, основать, учредить, установитьRussian
  • grundläga, etablera, motivera, grundaSwedish
  • yapmak, saptamak, tespit etmek, yerleştirmekTurkish
  • встановитиUkrainian
  • thành lậpVietnamese

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