Antonyms for negate
nɪˈgeɪt, ˈnɛg eɪtnegate

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1. contradict, belie, negateverb

   be in contradiction with

   Antonyms:
   affirm, sustain, substantiate, confirm, corroborate, support

   Synonyms:
   neutralise, misrepresent, oppose, nullify, neutralize, contravene, belie, controvert, contradict

2. contradict, negate, contraveneverb

   deny the truth of

   Antonyms:
   support, sustain, affirm, corroborate, confirm, substantiate

   Synonyms:
   neutralise, infringe, oppose, nullify, conflict, neutralize, run afoul, contravene, belie, controvert, contradict

3. negate, contradictverb

   prove negative; show to be false

   Antonyms:
   substantiate, confirm, sustain, support, corroborate, affirm

   Synonyms:
   neutralise, nullify, oppose, neutralize, contravene, belie, controvert, contradict

4. neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negateverb

   make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

   "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

   Antonyms:
   corroborate, affirm, sustain, confirm, substantiate, support

   Synonyms:
   waste, countervail, avoid, counterbalance, contravene, knock off, belie, annul, counteract, invalidate, neutralise, neutralize, nullify, quash, contradict, liquidate, do in, void

How to use negate in a sentence?

1. Gregg Popovich:

   And weve done a really good job in the last couple of games of trying to negate his impact. And thats been a big part of our success in the last two.

2. Saskia Popescu:

   On a personal level, it discourages people from coming forward, from being transparent. You're more likely to have people try and go about travel in less direct ways, which would then totally negate the purpose of that, you're forcing people into situations that could more actively promote disease transmission.

3. Paul E. Pfuetze:

   Now the alternative to despair is courage. And human life can be viewed as a continuous struggle between these two options. Courage is the capacity to affirm one's life in spite of the elements which threaten it. The fact that courage usually predominates over despair in itself tells us something important about life. It tells you that the forces that affirm life are stronger than those that negate it.

4. Nabil Abu Rudeineh:

   The United States is neither qualified nor is authorized to negate international legitimacy resolutions and it has no right to give any legitimacy to Israeli settlement.

5. Kevin Leman:

   For the chosen one, being special will negate other birth-order things, like middle-child syndrome.

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