Synonyms for refute
rɪˈfyutre·fute

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1. refuteverb

   Synonyms:
   deny, repudiate, disprove, reject, gainsay

   Antonyms:
   embrace, accept, demonstrate, prove

2. refuteverb

   To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.

   Synonyms:
   repudiate, reject, deny, gainsay, disprove

   Antonyms:
   demonstrate, prove, accept, embrace

3. refuteverb

   To deny the truth or correctness of (something).

   Synonyms:
   deny, gainsay, disprove, repudiate, reject

   Antonyms:
   prove, accept, embrace, demonstrate

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1. refute

   To refute and to confute are to answer so as to admit of no reply. To refute a statement is to demonstrate its falsity by argument or countervailing proof; confute is substantially the same in meaning, tho differing in usage. Refute applies either to arguments and opinions or to accusations; confute is not applied to accusations and charges, but to arguments or opinions. Refute is not now applied to persons, but confute is in good use in this application; a person is confuted when his arguments are refuted.

   Synonyms:
   confound, confute, disprove, overthrow, repel

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1. refute

   Synonyms:
   negative, disprove, neutralize, controvert, repel, confute

   Antonyms:
   prove, confirm, establish

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1. refute, rebutverb

   overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

   "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"

   Synonyms:
   controvert, rebut

2. refute, rebut, controvertverb

   prove to be false or incorrect

   Synonyms:
   controvert, rebut, contradict, oppose

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1. refuteverb

   Synonyms:
   confute, disprove, prove to be false

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1. refuteverb

   Synonyms:
   confute, disprove

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1. List of paraphrases for "refute":

   rebut, disprove, refutes, gainsay, contradict, dispel, reject, repudiate, deny

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How to use refute in a sentence?

1. Maddison Tenney:

   When I saw the angels, to me, it was more than just angels. It was this way to physically embody and refute the claims that God hates gay people.

2. Judge Kavanaugh:

   I have never done anything like what the accuser describes -- to her or to anyone, because this never happened, I had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself yesterday. I am willing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee in any way the committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation, from 36 years ago, and defend my integrity.

3. President Barack Obama:

   All of us have a responsibility to refute the notion that groups like ISIL somehow represent Islam, because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist narrative.

4. John Selden:

   Ignorance of the law excuses no man Not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   seeing is believing they say and if boundaries are limitless are we? or is existence twofold and doomed before the sights are set and if so does God really weep for humanity and must we continue to seek sustenance through escapism and do sporting events in all their microcosmic glory refute the tenets of nihilism or should we simply accept and wallow in our ignorance unbearable lightness of being creatures who feelwhat -- I don’t know