Synonyms for Gainsay:

• n.

  •
  • debunk,
  • disclaim,
  • disprove,
  • discredit,
  • explode,
  • confound,
  • deflate,
  • disabuse.
  •
  • disagree,
  • controvert.
  •challenge (noun)
  • challenge.

• v.

  •belie (verb)
  • dis agree,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • dis-agreed,
  • dis agreeing,
  • dis agreed,
  • be lied,
  • dis agrees,
  • dis-agrees,
  • be lying,
  • be-lying,
  • be-lied,
  • dis-agree.
  •complain (verb)
  • be-wailing,
  • dis sents,
  • makes a fuss,
  • in dict,
  • kicked up fuss,
  • dis approves,
  • kicked fuss,
  • be moan,
  • be-wail,
  • be-moans,
  • dis-approve,
  • ex postulated,
  • be-wailed,
  • dis-sents,
  • re pined,
  • found fault,
  • looks askance,
  • re pining,
  • ex-postulate,
  • be moaned,
  • kicking up a fuss,
  • ex postulating,
  • be-moan,
  • kicks a fuss,
  • made a fuss,
  • kicking a fuss,
  • re pine,
  • ex-postulates,
  • took exception to,
  • sounding off,
  • dis-approved,
  • make fuss,
  • ex-postulated,
  • ex-postulating,
  • dis-approving,
  • re-pines,
  • pro tested,
  • dis-approves,
  • kicks up a fuss,
  • in-dict,
  • kicked a fuss,
  • pro-tested,
  • pro-testing,
  • kicks up fuss,
  • be wailing,
  • dis sent,
  • be-moaning,
  • re-pined,
  • re-pine,
  • be moans,
  • looked askance,
  • sounded off,
  • dis approving,
  • looking askance,
  • kicked up a fuss,
  • dis approve,
  • finding fault,
  • kick a fuss,
  • be wailed,
  • be wail,
  • kick fuss,
  • be-moaned,
  • made fuss,
  • dis approved,
  • takes exception to,
  • re pines,
  • re-pining,
  • kick up fuss,
  • be wails,
  • taking exception to,
  • kicking up fuss,
  • kicks fuss,
  • pro testing,
  • be moaning,
  • ex postulate,
  • dis-sent,
  • ex postulates,
  • makes fuss,
  • making a fuss,
  • making fuss,
  • sounds off,
  • kicking fuss,
  • be-wails,
  • finds fault.
  •contradict (verb)
  • cross,
  • resist,
  • fight,
  • combat,
  • withstand.
  •contravene (verb)
  • dis obeys,
  • over steps,
  • in fringes,
  • conflicted with,
  • inter feres,
  • in-fracted,
  • infracts,
  • over stepping,
  • over-steps,
  • dis-obey,
  • inter fere,
  • inter posed,
  • inter pose,
  • dis obey,
  • inter-posing,
  • inter-feres,
  • in fringing,
  • inter-posed,
  • inter posing,
  • inter-fere,
  • over-stepping,
  • dis obeyed,
  • in-fringing,
  • conflicts with,
  • over-stepped,
  • dis-obeyed,
  • over stepped,
  • dis-obeying,
  • inter-pose,
  • in fringe,
  • in-fringed,
  • in fringed,
  • in-fringes,
  • dis obeying,
  • in fracted,
  • in-fringe,
  • dis-obeys,
  • conflicting with.
  •decline (verb)
  • by passed,
  • de clines,
  • not accepts,
  • by passing,
  • begs to be excused,
  • dis-missing,
  • not accepting,
  • beg be excused,
  • don't bought,
  • re-fused,
  • dont buys,
  • sent regrets,
  • begged be excused,
  • de-clines,
  • dis missing,
  • begged to be excused,
  • re-probating,
  • by passes,
  • nixed,
  • re-probated,
  • de-cline,
  • re probated,
  • re probates,
  • sending regrets,
  • re-fusing,
  • don't buying,
  • re-probate,
  • begs be excused,
  • re-probates,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • re fuse,
  • dis missed,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • dis-missed,
  • re probating,
  • sends regrets,
  • de cline,
  • re fused,
  • dont buy,
  • by pass,
  • re fuses,
  • re fusing,
  • dont buying,
  • re probate,
  • re-fuse,
  • begging to be excused,
  • re-fuses,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • begging be excused,
  • dont bought,
  • don't buys.
  •deny (verb)
  • dis-credits,
  • dis-carded,
  • with holding,
  • dis acknowledge,
  • dis-owning,
  • enjoins from,
  • dis-allowing,
  • dis allow,
  • dis acknowledges,
  • re canted,
  • dis carding,
  • be grudges,
  • dis believing,
  • dis-acknowledging,
  • dis-acknowledged,
  • be-grudges,
  • re canting,
  • re-buffed,
  • dis allows,
  • with-held,
  • re-strained,
  • re strained,
  • dis owning,
  • re-buffing,
  • says no to,
  • re buff,
  • re-butted,
  • dis-owned,
  • dis-allowed,
  • not buys,
  • dis-carding,
  • re buffed,
  • saying no to,
  • be grudging,
  • dis owned,
  • dis acknowledging,
  • not buying,
  • dis allowed,
  • dis-cards,
  • dis-believing,
  • dis credits,
  • dis-credited,
  • be-grudged,
  • dis-crediting,
  • dis carded,
  • with hold,
  • re strain,
  • re-butting,
  • dis-allows,
  • re-buffs,
  • dis cards,
  • dis acknowledged,
  • enjoined from,
  • dis believes,
  • dis-acknowledges,
  • dis crediting,
  • be grudged,
  • dis-believed,
  • with-holds,
  • dis-card,
  • re straining,
  • calls on,
  • dis allowing,
  • dis believe,
  • be-grudge,
  • dis credit,
  • re butting,
  • re-canting,
  • be-grudging,
  • with holds,
  • dis credited,
  • re buffing,
  • re buffs,
  • dis-allow,
  • dis card,
  • re-strain,
  • dis-credit,
  • re-strains,
  • dis-acknowledge,
  • re strains,
  • re-straining,
  • with held,
  • dis-believe,
  • be grudge,
  • said no to,
  • enjoining from,
  • re-canted,
  • not bought,
  • dis believed,
  • with-hold,
  • re butted,
  • dis-believes.
  •disaffirm (verb)
  • dis affirmed,
  • dis-affirm,
  • dis-affirming,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • dis-affirms,
  • dis affirm,
  • dis affirming,
  • dis affirms.
  •disavow (verb)
  • re-nigging,
  • dis avow,
  • dis avowed,
  • re-nigged,
  • re nig,
  • re-nigs,
  • weaseled out of,
  • dis avowing,
  • re nigs,
  • go back word,
  • re nigged,
  • wormed out of,
  • worms out of,
  • dis avows,
  • dis-avows,
  • went back on word,
  • washing hands of,
  • weaseling out of,
  • dis-avowed,
  • weasels out of,
  • re-nig,
  • goes back on word,
  • going back word,
  • washes hands of,
  • dis-avow,
  • renigs,
  • went back word,
  • washed hands of,
  • renigging,
  • worming out of,
  • going back on word,
  • renigged,
  • re nigging,
  • dis-avowing,
  • goes back word.
  •disclaim (verb)
  • be-littles,
  • dis-claimed,
  • turns back on,
  • divorced from,
  • dis claiming,
  • divorcing from,
  • divorces from,
  • dis claim,
  • dis-claims,
  • dis claims,
  • divorces oneself from,
  • re tracts,
  • be-little,
  • turning back on,
  • divorcing oneself from,
  • re-tracts,
  • re tract,
  • be littles,
  • re-tract,
  • dis claimed,
  • dis-claiming,
  • dis-claim,
  • divorced oneself from.
  •dispute (verb)
  • de bate,
  • jump on case,
  • jumping ones case,
  • jumped on ones case,
  • jumping on ones case,
  • discepting,
  • de bated,
  • jump ones case,
  • dis cept,
  • bumps heads,
  • jumping on case,
  • has at,
  • haddest at,
  • jumps one case,
  • dis-cussing,
  • jumping one case,
  • jumped one case,
  • jumped on case,
  • jumped one's case,
  • dis cussed,
  • tost around,
  • thrashing out,
  • dis-cuss,
  • jumped on one case,
  • de-bating,
  • jumps one's case,
  • picks a bone,
  • picks bone,
  • jumped ones case,
  • jump one's case,
  • dis-cussed,
  • de-bate,
  • jumps on one's case,
  • kicks around,
  • picking a bone,
  • discepts,
  • jumps on one case,
  • de bates,
  • dis cuss,
  • thrashed out,
  • thrashes out,
  • jump one case,
  • dis-cusses,
  • de-bates,
  • de bating,
  • jumped on one's case,
  • jump on one case,
  • jumping on one's case,
  • jumped case,
  • bumping heads,
  • hast at,
  • jumps on case,
  • picked a bone,
  • jumps on ones case,
  • discepted,
  • jumping one's case,
  • dis cussing,
  • jumping case,
  • bumped heads,
  • tossing around,
  • dis-cept,
  • jump on ones case,
  • hadst at,
  • jumps ones case,
  • dis cusses,
  • having at,
  • tosses around,
  • picking bone,
  • pick bone,
  • jump case,
  • jumps case,
  • picked bone,
  • hath at,
  • de-bated,
  • jumping on one case.
  •impugn (verb)
  • casts aspersions upon,
  • casting doubt up on,
  • cutting shreds,
  • throwing doubt on,
  • sticks it to,
  • sticked to,
  • swiped at,
  • sticking to,
  • throws the book at,
  • cast aspersions up on,
  • threw the book at,
  • casting doubt upon,
  • swiping at,
  • pinning something on,
  • cast doubt up on,
  • cuts to shreds,
  • skins alive,
  • sticking it to,
  • casting aspersions up on,
  • pins something on,
  • stuck it to,
  • casts doubt up on,
  • casts doubt upon,
  • thumbs nose at,
  • throws book at,
  • cutting to shreds,
  • thumbing nose at,
  • sticked it to,
  • throwing the book at,
  • pinned something on,
  • cuts shreds,
  • throws doubt on,
  • call in to question,
  • swipes at,
  • threw doubt on,
  • throwing book at,
  • cut shreds,
  • casting aspersions upon,
  • zinged,
  • casts aspersions up on,
  • threw book at,
  • thumbed nose at.
  •negate (verb)
  • counter-check,
  • counter checks,
  • cancels out,
  • re verse,
  • un does,
  • counter-checked,
  • re-dress,
  • re-peals,
  • in validates,
  • in validate,
  • in validating,
  • un did,
  • re peal,
  • re-dresses,
  • re pealed,
  • re peals,
  • re dressing,
  • un-does,
  • canceling out,
  • re-dressed,
  • un-did,
  • counter checked,
  • un done,
  • re versing,
  • re-versed,
  • counter-checks,
  • re-pealing,
  • un-doing,
  • re-dressing,
  • re dress,
  • un doing,
  • counter check,
  • in validated,
  • Counterchecked,
  • re-verse,
  • counter checking,
  • re-pealed,
  • in-validated,
  • in-validate,
  • counter-checking,
  • re dresses,
  • re pealing,
  • in-validating,
  • in-validates.
  •oppose (verb)
  • ex-posing,
  • pre-vent,
  • with-stand,
  • took a stand,
  • not countenances,
  • running counter to,
  • with stood,
  • counter attack,
  • pre vent,
  • frowning at,
  • with stand,
  • pre-vented,
  • counter attacking,
  • pre-venting,
  • taking stand,
  • pre vents,
  • takes issue,
  • ex posed,
  • counter-attacking,
  • took issue,
  • standing up to,
  • not countenancing,
  • counter-attacked,
  • stood to,
  • turns the tables,
  • spake against,
  • stands to,
  • speaks against,
  • pre venting,
  • ran counter to,
  • spoke against,
  • takes a stand,
  • turn tables,
  • faced down,
  • runs counter to,
  • turned tables,
  • ex-pose,
  • turning tables,
  • takes stand,
  • taking a stand,
  • searches out,
  • taking issue,
  • frowns at,
  • facing down,
  • took stand,
  • faces down,
  • counter attacked,
  • with standing,
  • pre-vents,
  • turns tables,
  • speaking against,
  • take stand,
  • counter attacks,
  • with-standing,
  • ex pose,
  • stands up to,
  • with stands,
  • frowned at,
  • with-stands,
  • ex-posed.
  •refute (verb)
  • dis confirm,
  • replying to,
  • shooting down,
  • takes a stand against,
  • shot full of holes,
  • blowing sky high,
  • gives lie to,
  • dis-confirming,
  • dis-confirm,
  • dis confirms,
  • replies to,
  • gave lie to,
  • dis-confirms,
  • shooting full of holes,
  • shooting full holes,
  • over thrown,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • shoots full holes,
  • taking a stand against,
  • shoots down,
  • over-throw,
  • over throws,
  • giving the lie to,
  • burning down,
  • over throw,
  • shoots full of holes,
  • dis confirmed,
  • blows sky high,
  • took a stand against,
  • burnt down,
  • taking stand against,
  • take stand against,
  • gave thumbs down to,
  • over-thrown,
  • blew sky high,
  • argued against,
  • takes stand against,
  • gives the lie to,
  • argues against,
  • gives thumbs down to,
  • gave the lie to,
  • shoot full holes,
  • disconfirms,
  • giving lie to,
  • dis confirming,
  • over-throws,
  • giving thumbs down to,
  • burned down,
  • took stand against,
  • over throwing,
  • over-throwing,
  • shot full holes.
  •traverse (verb)
  • duelled,
  • went against,
  • going against,
  • goes against.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • oppugn.
  •
  • belie.
  •
  • negative.
  •deny
  • forsake,
  • withholds,
  • withhold,
  • veto,
  • Tabooed,
  • keeps back,
  • enjoin from,
  • taboo,
  • keeping back,
  • Tabooing,
  • called on,
  • calling on,
  • call on,
  • kept back,
  • say no to,
  • not buy,
  • keep back.
  •negate
  • Counterchecking,
  • cancel out,
  • countercheck,
  • cancelling out,
  • counterchecks,
  • cancelled out,
  • canceled out.
  •oppose
  • counterattacking,
  • search out,
  • counter-attacks,
  • counter-attack,
  • counterattacked,
  • searching out,
  • frown at,
  • run counter to,
  • not countenance,
  • turn the tables,
  • searched out,
  • stood up to,
  • not countenanced,
  • stand to,
  • standing to,
  • speak against,
  • turned the tables,
  • take a stand,
  • stand up to,
  • face down,
  • take issue.
  •reject
  • disavow.
  •traverse
  • go against,
  • duelling,
  • dueled,
  • Dueling.

Paraphrases for Gainsay:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    refute, deny, rebut, negate.

Antonyms for Gainsay:

• v.

  • contradict
    agree, approve, go along, endorse, admit, concur, harmonize, prove, help, acknowledge, assist, yield, permit, surrender, uphold, support, make peace, consent, aid, allow, accept.
  • Other antonyms:
    attest, declare, own, adopt, submit, announce, aver, corroborate, concede, assert, avouch, embrace, espouse, authenticate, verify, validate, vouch, substantiate, avow, maintain, witness, affirm, profess, claim, certify, testify.