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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. proveverb

    Synonyms:
    verify, corroborate, substantiate, demonstrate

    Antonyms:
    disprove, refute

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "prove":

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

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How to use prove in a sentence?

  1. Rod Rosenstein:

    If lawyers cannot prove our case in court, then what we believe is irrelevant.

  2. Jeb Bush:

    I have to prove that I'm not running for president -- if I go beyond the consideration of this to being an active candidate -- to try to break the tie between the Adams family and the Bush family, that really isn't my motivation -- but I have to prove that.

  3. John Donne:

    Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.

  4. Gordana Biernat:

    You do not have to "prove" anything to anyone. Just believe in yourself and in what you are doing.

  5. Dave Aronberg:

    Absolutely unacceptable. People need to be responsible pet owners in this community, there is no excuse for leaving your pet behind to die. We are going to hold accountable those who we can prove left their dogs behind in the storm.


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