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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'substantiate'

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1. (verb) confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
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, affirm, 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. (verb) incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
represent in bodily form
Synonyms: body forth, embody, substantiate, sustain, realise, affirm, actualise, actualize, support, personify, corroborate, confirm, be, realize, incarnate

3. (verb) realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate
make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
Synonyms: actualise, actualize, see, realise, gain, corroborate, recognize, recognise, support, embody, clear, agnise, confirm, take in, pull in, agnize, substantiate, sustain, incarnate, understand, affirm, body forth, realize, bring in, make, earn

4. (verb) substantiate
solidify, firm, or strengthen
Synonyms: body forth, embody, realize, sustain, realise, affirm, actualise, actualize, support, corroborate, confirm, incarnate

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'substantiate'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. substantiate
Confirm (L. 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 corrobo
Synonyms: confirm, assure, fix, sanction, substantiate, corroborate, prove, settle, sustain, establish, ratify, strengthen, uphold
Antonyms: abrogate, cancel, overthrow, shatter, upset, annul, destroy, shake, unsettle, weaken, condole with, console

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