What are some opposite words for establish?
Antonyms for establish
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, weakenSynonyms:
assure, confirm, corroborate, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, upholdPreposition:
Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
establish
Antonyms:
suppliant, unsettle, break-up, disestablish, misstate, confute, refute upset, subvert, presume, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmiseSynonyms:
plant, fir, settle, found, demonstrate, organize, confirm, institute, prove, substantiate
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Princeton's WordNet
establish, set up, found, launchverb
set up or found
"She set up a literacy program"
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abolish, get rid ofSynonyms:
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, buildestablish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb
set up or lay the groundwork for
"establish a new department"
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get rid of, abolishSynonyms:
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, constituteprove, 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"
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abolish, get rid ofSynonyms:
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 witnesslay down, establish, makeverb
institute, enact, or establish
"make laws"
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get rid of, abolishSynonyms:
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, seduceestablish, giveverb
bring about
"The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
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get rid of, abolishSynonyms:
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, buildinstall, instal, set up, establishverb
place
"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
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get rid of, abolishSynonyms:
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, buildbuild, establishverb
build or establish something abstract
"build a reputation"
Antonyms:
abolish, get rid ofSynonyms:
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, constituteestablish, base, ground, foundverb
use as a basis for; found on
"base a claim on some observation"
Antonyms:
get rid of, abolishSynonyms:
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use establish in a sentence?
It's a mountain to climb for the GNA to establish legitimacy, even before we start talking about organizing security against Islamic State.
We have identified where La'el was the day the lady was murdered to establish he was nowhere around, we have offered to give names, witnesses who can vouch for his whereabouts that day until after the woman's body was discovered.
One lesson we’ve learned is that... unless we have an ability to establish trust, be clear on mutual expectations and be transparent and work together, (forest protection programs) don’t function. We are going to make mistakes.
This is still a relationship business and it is a challenge to establish good relationships without meeting your clients in less formal settings, but as a broker, we need to be sensitive to the needs of our clients and not put anyone in an embarrassing position.
At this late date, FX is attempting to establish a historical artifact with this series without reaching out to any prosecution sources. they do have the facts but for purposes of ratings chose not to use those facts and use the facts that will promote viewership, mainly arguments between the lawyers, people getting mad at each other.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2773 | guess | |
#3085 | establish | |
#3439 | cancel | |
#5416 | suppose | |
#6266 | destroy | |
#8150 | shake | |
#9423 | upset | |
#22736 | conjecture | |
#22857 | presume | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#27471 | overthrow | |
#27695 | abolish | |
#37901 | shatter | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#66872 | surmise | |
#80071 | annul | |
#83175 | abrogate | |
#161066 | unsettle | |
#200816 | suppliant | |
#288436 | misstate | |
#306798 | confute |
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