Synonyms for Contradict:

• n.

  •
  • dare,
  • contest,
  • take issue with someone/something,
  • dissent.
  •
  • gainsay,
  • affirm,
  • traverse,
  • negative.

• v.

  •be at variance with (verb)
  • counter,
  • counteract,
  • thumbs down,
  • buck,
  • disclaim,
  • take on,
  • refuse to accept,
  • cross,
  • call in question,
  • have bone to pick,
  • negate,
  • contravene,
  • Disaffirm,
  • confront,
  • belie.
  •belie (verb)
  • be-lying,
  • be lying,
  • be-lied,
  • dis affirm,
  • dis affirming,
  • be lied,
  • dis-affirms,
  • dis affirmed,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • dis-affirming,
  • dis-affirm,
  • dis affirms.
  •brush aside/brush off (verb)
  • dis-regarding,
  • over-riding,
  • cold shouldering,
  • cold shouldered,
  • hast no time for,
  • dis missing,
  • having no time for,
  • has no time for,
  • over ridden,
  • hadst no time for,
  • coldshoulders,
  • coldshouldered,
  • dis-owning,
  • dis-regards,
  • over riding,
  • dis-missing,
  • dis-owned,
  • over ride,
  • haddest no time for,
  • swept aside,
  • over-rides,
  • dis-regarded,
  • re buffing,
  • dis regard,
  • re-buffing,
  • re-buffs,
  • re buffed,
  • dis-regard,
  • dis regarded,
  • over rode,
  • re buff,
  • sweeping aside,
  • re-buff,
  • dis owning,
  • over rides,
  • re-buffed,
  • dis missed,
  • sweeps aside,
  • dis regarding,
  • coldshouldering,
  • hath no time for,
  • dis owned,
  • dis-missed,
  • over-ridden,
  • over-rode,
  • re buffs,
  • dis regards.
  •communication (verb)
  • contradict.
  •confute (verb)
  • disavow,
  • abnegate,
  • rejoin,
  • rebut,
  • repeal,
  • invalidate,
  • abrogate.
  •contrast (verb)
  • diverge,
  • clash,
  • deviate,
  • diversify,
  • differentiate.
  •controvert (verb)
  • dis confirming,
  • dis confirms,
  • disconfirms,
  • dis cussing,
  • dis-cusses,
  • dis-cussed,
  • dis-confirm,
  • dis cusses,
  • dis-confirms,
  • de bate,
  • dis cussed,
  • dis-cuss,
  • de-bating,
  • dis-confirming,
  • de-bated,
  • dis confirmed,
  • dis confirm,
  • de bates,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • dis-cussing,
  • de-bate,
  • de-bates,
  • dis cuss,
  • de bated,
  • de bating.
  •counteract (verb)
  • tamper,
  • offset,
  • neutralize.
  •deny (verb)
  • denounce.
  •differ (verb)
  • is distinguished from,
  • was distinguished from,
  • deviates from,
  • are the beaten path,
  • re-verse,
  • sings different tune,
  • clashed with,
  • be off beaten path,
  • re-versing,
  • lacked resemblance,
  • not conformed,
  • re-versed,
  • is the beaten path,
  • runs counter to,
  • am the beaten path,
  • bore no resemblance,
  • divaricating from,
  • showing contrast,
  • are beaten path,
  • re verse,
  • wert beaten path,
  • were beaten path,
  • singing different tune,
  • is off the beaten path,
  • departing from,
  • clashes with,
  • singing a different tune,
  • sung a different tune,
  • are distinguished from,
  • re versing,
  • beared no resemblance,
  • be the beaten path,
  • departed from,
  • conflicted with,
  • took exception,
  • bears no resemblance,
  • departs from,
  • takes exception,
  • ran counter to,
  • wast distinguished from,
  • not look likes,
  • being the beaten path,
  • clashing with,
  • am beaten path,
  • being distinguished from,
  • bare no resemblance,
  • is off beaten path,
  • stood apart,
  • shows contrast,
  • jars with,
  • sings a different tune,
  • not look liking,
  • lacks resemblance,
  • wast the beaten path,
  • being off beaten path,
  • being off the beaten path,
  • were off the beaten path,
  • was beaten path,
  • am off the beaten path,
  • stands apart,
  • were distinguished from,
  • divaricates from,
  • divaricated from,
  • be beaten path,
  • am off beaten path,
  • sung different tune,
  • jarred with,
  • sang a different tune,
  • wert off beaten path,
  • wert off the beaten path,
  • was the beaten path,
  • being beaten path,
  • wast beaten path,
  • were the beaten path,
  • conflicts with,
  • are off the beaten path,
  • were off beaten path,
  • wast off beaten path,
  • wert distinguished from,
  • art the beaten path,
  • deviating from,
  • not conforms,
  • is beaten path,
  • sang different tune,
  • am distinguished from,
  • wast off the beaten path,
  • bearing no resemblance,
  • jarring with,
  • showed contrast,
  • wert the beaten path,
  • lacking resemblance,
  • conflicting with,
  • was off beaten path,
  • not look liked,
  • deviated from,
  • was off the beaten path,
  • running counter to,
  • art beaten path.
  •disagree (verb)
  • dis harmonizing,
  • dis cord,
  • disharmonized,
  • dis-agrees,
  • dis-cord,
  • dis agree,
  • dis corded,
  • dis-harmonizes,
  • being discordant,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • are discordant,
  • dis cords,
  • is discordant,
  • am discordant,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis agrees,
  • dis-harmonizing,
  • dis-agree,
  • dis-harmonize,
  • disharmonizes,
  • dis agreed,
  • dis cording,
  • disharmonizing,
  • was discordant,
  • were discordant,
  • dis harmonized,
  • dis-harmonized,
  • dis-corded,
  • dis agreeing,
  • dis-agreed,
  • wast discordant,
  • dis harmonizes,
  • dis harmonize,
  • dis-cording,
  • wert discordant.
  •disavow (verb)
  • re nigged,
  • dis-avows,
  • weaseled out of,
  • re-nigged,
  • re-nigging,
  • dis avows,
  • go back word,
  • washes hands of,
  • dis avowing,
  • re-nig,
  • dis avowed,
  • goes back word,
  • went back on word,
  • dis avow,
  • renigging,
  • dis-avowing,
  • washing hands of,
  • re nigging,
  • renigs,
  • weaseling out of,
  • dis-avow,
  • goes back on word,
  • weasels out of,
  • went back word,
  • worming out of,
  • going back word,
  • washed hands of,
  • re-nigs,
  • dis-avowed,
  • re nigs,
  • wormed out of,
  • re nig,
  • going back on word,
  • renigged,
  • worms out of.
  •disclaim (verb)
  • dis-claim,
  • divorces from,
  • divorced oneself from,
  • dis claim,
  • turns back on,
  • dis claiming,
  • re-tract,
  • divorced from,
  • be-littles,
  • divorcing oneself from,
  • de cline,
  • de clines,
  • turning back on,
  • be-little,
  • dis claims,
  • divorces oneself from,
  • re-tracts,
  • re tracts,
  • re tract,
  • dis claimed,
  • divorcing from,
  • dis-claims,
  • be littles,
  • dis-claiming,
  • de-cline,
  • dis-claimed,
  • de-clines.
  •disprove (verb)
  • overturn,
  • defend,
  • subvert,
  • parry.
  •dispute (verb)
  • jumped one's case,
  • hadst at,
  • picking a bone,
  • jumped one case,
  • has at,
  • bumping heads,
  • jumping on one's case,
  • jumps one case,
  • jumped on ones case,
  • jump on ones case,
  • jumped on one's case,
  • tost around,
  • jumps one's case,
  • pick bone,
  • jumps on one's case,
  • discepts,
  • thrashed out,
  • jumps ones case,
  • hath at,
  • jumping one case,
  • bumped heads,
  • jumping ones case,
  • picked a bone,
  • jumped on case,
  • jumping case,
  • jump one's case,
  • dis-cept,
  • discepting,
  • kicks around,
  • jump ones case,
  • jumps on one case,
  • jumping on one case,
  • thrashing out,
  • tossing around,
  • picks a bone,
  • picked bone,
  • haddest at,
  • jumps on ones case,
  • bumps heads,
  • jumping on case,
  • jumped on one case,
  • dis cept,
  • jumped case,
  • jumping on ones case,
  • jump case,
  • hast at,
  • having at,
  • jump on one case,
  • jump one case,
  • jump on case,
  • picking bone,
  • jumping one's case,
  • picks bone,
  • discepted,
  • jumps on case,
  • jumps case,
  • thrashes out,
  • jumped ones case,
  • tosses around.
  •dissent (verb)
  • puts fight,
  • putting fight,
  • flew the face of,
  • dis accorded,
  • put an argument,
  • puts up fight,
  • putting up argument,
  • put a fight,
  • dis-accorded,
  • say not chance,
  • dis accord,
  • put fight,
  • pro testing,
  • says not a chance,
  • flying in face of,
  • pro tested,
  • said not a chance,
  • flew in face of,
  • dis-sent,
  • flew in the face of,
  • putting up a fight,
  • flew face of,
  • dis-according,
  • dis sent,
  • puts up a fight,
  • pro-testing,
  • flies the face of,
  • says no way,
  • flying the face of,
  • flies face of,
  • dis sents,
  • pro-tested,
  • putting up an argument,
  • fly the face of,
  • putting a fight,
  • puts up an argument,
  • puts a fight,
  • puts up argument,
  • said not chance,
  • flies in the face of,
  • flying face of,
  • putting argument,
  • saying nothing doing,
  • puts an argument,
  • dis-sents,
  • putting up fight,
  • dis-accords,
  • puts argument,
  • saying not chance,
  • dis-accord,
  • said nothing doing,
  • says nothing doing,
  • said no way,
  • flying in the face of,
  • says not chance,
  • fly face of,
  • dis according,
  • putting an argument,
  • flies in face of,
  • put argument,
  • saying no way,
  • saying not a chance,
  • dis accords.
  •falsify (verb)
  • fourflush,
  • trumping up,
  • mis quotes,
  • fourflushing,
  • pro-motes,
  • pro moting,
  • faking it,
  • dis tort,
  • mis-quoted,
  • mis state,
  • phonying up,
  • co oked,
  • mis-stated,
  • four flushing,
  • deaconed,
  • four flushed,
  • mis-quoting,
  • mis-states,
  • mis-quotes,
  • mis-state,
  • fourflushed,
  • dis torts,
  • put an act,
  • mis-quote,
  • fourflushes,
  • co-loring,
  • mis stated,
  • faked it,
  • phonies up,
  • co loring,
  • dis-tort,
  • fakes it,
  • four-flushes,
  • pro-moting,
  • phonied up,
  • mis states,
  • co-oked,
  • mis stating,
  • put act,
  • co oking,
  • mis quoting,
  • mis quoted,
  • mis-stating,
  • framing up,
  • trumps up,
  • mis quote,
  • deaconing,
  • four flushes,
  • four-flushed,
  • co-oking,
  • frames up,
  • pro-mote,
  • dis-torts.
  •impugn (verb)
  • cutting to shreds,
  • cast doubt up on,
  • thumbing nose at,
  • sticking to,
  • casts doubt upon,
  • sticked it to,
  • sticking it to,
  • call in to question,
  • pins something on,
  • throwing the book at,
  • cut shreds,
  • cuts shreds,
  • throws doubt on,
  • throwing doubt on,
  • zinged,
  • threw doubt on,
  • cast aspersions up on,
  • casting doubt up on,
  • skins alive,
  • swiped at,
  • swipes at,
  • casts doubt up on,
  • casts aspersions upon,
  • pinning something on,
  • casts aspersions up on,
  • swiping at,
  • throwing book at,
  • threw book at,
  • throws book at,
  • casting aspersions upon,
  • casting doubt upon,
  • threw the book at,
  • cuts to shreds,
  • casting aspersions up on,
  • thumbed nose at,
  • thumbs nose at,
  • throws the book at,
  • sticks it to,
  • sticked to,
  • stuck it to,
  • pinned something on,
  • cutting shreds.
  •negate (verb)
  • cancel,
  • renounce,
  • counterbalance,
  • nullify,
  • reverse,
  • invert,
  • Counterwork,
  • efface.
  •oppose (verb)
  • fight,
  • protest,
  • oppress,
  • check,
  • hinder,
  • counterattack,
  • obstruct,
  • repel,
  • defy,
  • impede,
  • meddle,
  • rebuff,
  • repress,
  • interfere,
  • inhibit,
  • resist,
  • suppress,
  • repulse,
  • intercept.
  •oppugn (verb)
  • shoots down,
  • shooting down.
  •recant (verb)
  • going back on one's word,
  • un saying,
  • dialled back,
  • re calling,
  • dialed back,
  • ate ones words,
  • re canting,
  • re calls,
  • re peals,
  • re-peals,
  • un-saying,
  • re-canted,
  • re pealed,
  • going back on one word,
  • re-calls,
  • re canted,
  • going back on ones word,
  • go back on ones word,
  • going back one's word,
  • with drew,
  • go back ones word,
  • went back one's word,
  • goes back one's word,
  • weasels out,
  • eating one words,
  • eats words,
  • re-calling,
  • dials back,
  • with-drawing,
  • with-drawn,
  • eat ones words,
  • with draw,
  • went back on one's word,
  • goes back one word,
  • go back one word,
  • went back on ones word,
  • eats one words,
  • dialling back,
  • eat one words,
  • eats ones words,
  • going back ones word,
  • ate one's words,
  • un says,
  • re peal,
  • weaseled out,
  • un-says,
  • re-call,
  • un say,
  • re-canting,
  • went back one word,
  • goes back ones word,
  • dialing back,
  • go back one's word,
  • re pealing,
  • un-say,
  • eating ones words,
  • with-draw,
  • with draws,
  • re-called,
  • re-pealed,
  • ate words,
  • went back ones word,
  • with drawing,
  • ate one words,
  • goes back on ones word,
  • eating words,
  • with drawn,
  • went back on one word,
  • eat words,
  • go back on one word,
  • weaseling out,
  • with-drew,
  • goes back on one word,
  • goes back on one's word,
  • going back one word,
  • eats one's words.
  •refute (verb)
  • giving lie to,
  • gave the lie to,
  • gives the lie to,
  • canceling out,
  • gave lie to,
  • shot full of holes,
  • replying to,
  • took a stand against,
  • gives thumbs down to,
  • giving the lie to,
  • shooting full holes,
  • replies to,
  • giving thumbs down to,
  • gives lie to,
  • shooting full of holes,
  • cancels out,
  • shot full holes,
  • shoots full holes,
  • shoot full holes,
  • burning down,
  • taking a stand against,
  • shoots full of holes,
  • argues against,
  • took stand against,
  • gave thumbs down to,
  • takes a stand against,
  • taking stand against,
  • burnt down,
  • argued against,
  • takes stand against,
  • burned down,
  • take stand against.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disaccord,
  • expostulate,
  • go against,
  • react against,
  • quarrel with,
  • oppugn.
  •
  • discord,
  • collide.
  •
  • reject,
  • jar.
  •
  • divide.
  •confute
  • blow sky high,
  • over turn,
  • up set,
  • knocks props out from under,
  • bring to naught,
  • prove false,
  • prove wrong,
  • set aside,
  • setting aside,
  • Parried,
  • proved wrong.
  •contrast
  • be contrary to,
  • be a foil to,
  • set off,
  • hold a candle to,
  • Bracketing,
  • mismatching,
  • stack up against,
  • matched up,
  • setting off,
  • be variable,
  • be diverse,
  • set in opposition,
  • Bracketed,
  • be unlike,
  • be dissimilar,
  • mismatched,
  • match up.
  •controvert
  • disconfirmed,
  • disconfirm,
  • disconfirming.
  •deny
  • keeping back,
  • taboo,
  • kept back,
  • withhold,
  • call on,
  • say no to,
  • keep back,
  • take exception to,
  • Tabooed,
  • forsake,
  • called on,
  • keeps back,
  • forgoing,
  • withholds,
  • calling on,
  • enjoin from,
  • veto,
  • turn down,
  • Forgone,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • Tabooing,
  • not buy.
  •disagree
  • be discordant,
  • Warred,
  • discording,
  • discorded,
  • disharmonize.
  •disprove
  • knock props out,
  • find unfounded,
  • poke holes in,
  • shoot holes in,
  • knock bottom out of.
  •ignore
  • brush off.
  •oppose
  • searching out,
  • stand up to,
  • turned the tables,
  • counterattacked,
  • counter-attacks,
  • searched out,
  • search out,
  • speak against,
  • stood up to,
  • counter-attack,
  • not countenanced,
  • face down,
  • frown at,
  • take a stand,
  • counterattacking,
  • standing to,
  • stand to,
  • not countenance.
  •Other relevant words:
  • discount,
  • despise,
  • say no,
  • run against,
  • refuse to admit,
  • discredit,
  • disable,
  • not admit,
  • refuse to consider,
  • fly,
  • countercheck,
  • turn away,
  • shake the head,
  • enfeeble,
  • counterpose,
  • weaken,
  • take back,
  • pit,
  • disapprove,
  • squelch,
  • be against,
  • break,
  • infringe,
  • jangle,
  • throw away,
  • vary,
  • work against,
  • justify,
  • cavil,
  • demur,
  • beat against,
  • exhaust,
  • overwhelm,
  • rail,
  • protect,
  • settle,
  • abjure,
  • forbid,
  • scout,
  • except,
  • countervail,
  • thwart,
  • cut both ways,
  • denial,
  • demolish,
  • decline,
  • fight back,
  • antagonize,
  • be antipathetic,
  • encroach,
  • garble,
  • devitalize,
  • turn the scale,
  • part company,
  • scorn,
  • dispose of,
  • disobey,
  • disdain,
  • silence,
  • brush aside,
  • cover,
  • quarrel,
  • react,
  • disregard,
  • be opposed to,
  • ignore,
  • finish,
  • throw out,
  • breach,
  • illogicality,
  • call into question,
  • resistance,
  • be contradictory,
  • jostle,
  • annul,
  • counterpoise,
  • nonplus,
  • chuck,
  • flout,
  • agree to disagree,
  • mismatch,
  • question,
  • act against,
  • devastate,
  • disown,
  • cheek,
  • overthrow,
  • be at variance,
  • pass by,
  • meet head-on,
  • distinction,
  • declare,
  • expose,
  • inconsistency,
  • struggle,
  • spoil,
  • match,
  • not accept,
  • play off,
  • opposition,
  • scoff at,
  • contradicts,
  • refuse,
  • turn the tables,
  • assent,
  • answer conclusively,
  • talk back,
  • contradiction,
  • argue down,
  • push aside,
  • pass up,
  • defeat,
  • ruin,
  • go counter to,
  • withstand,
  • cripple,
  • lock horns,
  • argue,
  • destroy,
  • discard,
  • misrepresent,
  • Against,
  • crush,
  • dismiss,
  • Mismate,
  • revoke,
  • countermine,
  • assert,
  • embargo,
  • combat,
  • break off,
  • answer,
  • assert the contrary,
  • shut up,
  • doubt,
  • retract,
  • neutralise,
  • be inimical,
  • floor,
  • fight down,
  • impinge,
  • squash,
  • bely,
  • upset,
  • disallow,
  • reduce to silence,
  • waive,
  • blackball,
  • run afoul,
  • take issue,
  • undermine,
  • exclude,
  • puncture,
  • transgress,
  • chuck out,
  • confound,
  • contemn,
  • fall out,
  • interfere with.

Paraphrases for Contradict:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    violated, Challenged.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    contravene, violate, oppose, interfere.
  • Verb, base form
    contravene, Contravened, refute, violate, rebut, disprove, counter, countering, negate, disagree, infringe, oppose, overrule, reject, breach, breaches, undermine, interfere, invalidate, differ, object, dispute, offend, thwart, resist, challenge, frustrate, defeat.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    contradictory.
  • Verb, base form
    counteract, contest.

Antonyms for Contradict:

• v.

  • be at variance with
    confirm, admit, assist, agree, approve, permit, prove, vouch, aid, reconcile, accept, consent, help, concede, allow, ok, verify, go along, support, corroborate, sign.
  • Other antonyms:
    adopt, submit, witness, espouse, own, embrace, claim, announce, maintain.

Hypernym for Contradict:

• v.

  • communication
    deny.

Hyponym for Contradict:

• v.

  • communication
    disagree, differ, take issue, dissent.