Definition for Confirming:

• ( medicine) indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; " a positive pregnancy test"

Synonyms for Confirming:

• adj.

  •affirmative (adjective)
  • supporting,
  • positive,
  • affirmatory,
  • confirmative,
  • confirmatory.
  •all (adjective)
  • confirming.

• n.

  •collateral (noun)
  • collateral.
  •confirming (noun)
  • corroboratory,
  • supportive,
  • verificatory,
  • validatory,
  • substantiative,
  • corroborative,
  • substantiating.
  •establishing (noun)
  • confirmings,
  • corroboratings,
  • validatings,
  • substantiatings,
  • authenticatings,
  • demonstratings.

• v.

  •approving (verb)
  • assenting,
  • Authenticating,
  • Affirming,
  • approbating,
  • Endorsing,
  • Underwriting,
  • Authorizing,
  • approving,
  • Certifying,
  • validating,
  • sanctioning,
  • accepting,
  • Permitting,
  • consenting,
  • Ratifying.
  •ascertaining (verb)
  • Ascertaining,
  • Auditing,
  • finding out,
  • double checking,
  • assuring,
  • Checking.
  •authorizing (verb)
  • commissioning,
  • Enfranchising,
  • Empowering,
  • notarizing,
  • Ordaining,
  • deputizing,
  • Entitling,
  • blessing,
  • Licensing,
  • Designating,
  • Denominating,
  • agreeing,
  • Warranting,
  • enabling,
  • Countersigning.
  •evincing (verb)
  • observing,
  • demonstrating,
  • documenting,
  • Testifying,
  • Corroborating,
  • Illustrating,
  • Declaring,
  • Evincing,
  • determining,
  • Attesting,
  • Connoting,
  • Avouching,
  • Manifesting,
  • Witnessing,
  • Indicating,
  • Proving,
  • exemplifying,
  • Exhibiting,
  • Stating,
  • Deposing,
  • Betokening,
  • adducing,
  • Vouching.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • affirmative.
  •n.
  • verifying,
  • Establishing,
  • checkings.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abiding,
  • accession,
  • accompanying,
  • addition,
  • admit,
  • advantageous,
  • affirm,
  • agony,
  • alimentary,
  • appointed,
  • approbative,
  • approbatory,
  • approval,
  • arch,
  • assertion,
  • asset,
  • attendant,
  • avouchment,
  • avowal,
  • backup,
  • benediction,
  • boon,
  • brace,
  • brisk,
  • championship,
  • cheering,
  • commission,
  • concomitant,
  • condescending,
  • consequent,
  • consolatory,
  • consoling,
  • corroborate,
  • deciding,
  • declarative,
  • declaratory,
  • decreed,
  • demonstrable,
  • determinant,
  • determinative,
  • distress,
  • ensuant,
  • excruciation,
  • final,
  • financial backing,
  • financial support,
  • fresh,
  • funding,
  • golden,
  • grace,
  • hardening,
  • hurt,
  • illustrative,
  • imperishable,
  • incidental,
  • know,
  • last,
  • load-bearing,
  • long-suffering,
  • lucky,
  • miserable,
  • mount,
  • notice,
  • nutrient,
  • nutritious,
  • nutritive,
  • observant,
  • official,
  • optimistic,
  • ordained,
  • patronage,
  • plausive,
  • prosperous,
  • rationalist,
  • reassert,
  • receipt,
  • recognise,
  • recognize,
  • refreshful,
  • refreshing,
  • resultant,
  • sanctionative,
  • satisfying,
  • sequent,
  • set,
  • solidification,
  • statement,
  • subsidence,
  • subsiding,
  • substantiate,
  • summation,
  • support,
  • surefooted,
  • sustain,
  • terminal,
  • thanksgiving,
  • tonic,
  • waterproofing,
  • woe,
  • wretched,
  • curing,
  • positive degree.

Paraphrases for Confirming:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    confirm, Affirming.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Corroborating.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reconfirming.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    confirmation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    confirmation, confirmed, reaffirming, confirmatory.
  • Verb, past tense
    reaffirmed, reinforced, endorsed, Upheld.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    informing, reaffirmed, conforming, verified, verifying, determining, convincing, demonstrating, ratification, Consolidating, substantiating, Indicating, clarifying, Guaranteeing, incriminating, Certifying, Reiterating, Evidencing, investigating, identifying, recognising, Explaining, Proving, Recognizing, validating, Testifying, underscoring, Articulating, contributing, Endorsing, Declaring, underlining, Describing, approving, Ratifying, Specifying, contending, Suggesting, emphasising, Nominating, Notifying, finalizing, Mentioning, strengthening, Forming, Signifying, documenting, Attesting, check, Checking, recalling, Admitting, defining, Sustaining, Accrediting, telling, reflecting, Maintaining, fixing, recording, Establishing, intensifying, understanding, upholding, deciding, safeguarding, insisting, renewing, ensuring, Justifying, restating, reasserting, knowing, continuing, Claiming, accepting, stabilizing, highlighting, showing, Stipulating, Outlining, Expressing, Alleging, observing, pointing, repeating, Enhancing, saying, Advising, Realizing, signaling, supporting, arguing, Granting, Experiencing, Noting, Warranting, Acceding, Denoting, Blaming, Linking, Registering, Adopting, testing, finding, accusing, stressing, Auditing, detailing, Referring, settling, matching, Relating, according, Charging, focusing, laying, barring, posting, putting, listing, holding, backing, seeing, giving, Adding, setting, happening, keeping, visiting, shaping, Stating, making, Doing, Affirming, reaffirming.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    proves, upholding.
  • Verb, base form
    affirm, reaffirm, assure, reiterate, reassert, underscore, underline, stress.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Ascertaining, reinforcing, asserting, emphasizing.
  • Verb, base form
    ascertain, emphasize.

Antonyms for Confirming:

• adj.

  • all
    negative.
  • Other antonyms:
    contrary, counter, unsupportive, opposing, contradictory, disconfirming.

Confirming Sentence Examples:

• Why not be content with still further confirming the force of good habits?

• Pausing at the jewelry counter he spoke to the floorman, confirming the report.