Synonyms for establish
ɪˈstæb lɪʃes·tab·lish

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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.

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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

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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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1. instate

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

   Submitted by acronimous on June 24, 2014  

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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

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1. establishverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "establish":

   create, establishing, establishment, set, determine, develop, build, creating, prepare, established, define, setting, introduce, creation, identify, determining, forge, building, ascertain, establishes, implement, demonstrate, provide, prove, make, fix, lay, compile

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1. British Airways:

   We are working with the Metropolitan Police and the authorities in Johannesburg to establish the facts surrounding this very rare case.

2. Denis McDonough:

   Through this process, I determined that the evidence provided was sufficient to establish presumptions of service connection for these three respiratory conditions, this is the right decision, and VA will continue to use a holistic approach in determining toxic exposure presumptives moving forward.

3. Dave Lennon:

   We are very much interested in making sure that payers (support) newborn screening, that they establish fast turnaround on coverage decisions, and that they have specific policies that cover gene therapy for SMA, as we negotiate discounts, et cetera, with payers, and the contracts with those payers, we're trying to make sure they put those elements in place.

4. Preet Bharara:

   To prove a violation of the federal criminal civil rights statute, prosecutors must establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a law enforcement officer willfully deprived an individual of a constitutional right, meaning that the officer acted with the deliberate and specific intent to do something the law forbids.

5. Ibrahim Hooper:

   It’s been our experience that any time a Muslim community anywhere seeks to expand or establish a mosque or some other kind of institution, there will be some type of opposition, when you scratch the surface, often there is a tremendous level of bigotry and stereotyping in the opposition.