Definition for Impeach:

• To discredit. To impeach a witness' credibility, for example, is to show that the witness is not believable. A witness may be impeached by showing that he has made statements that are inconsistent with his present testimony, or that he has a reputation for not being a truthful person. The process of charging a public official, such as the President or a federal judge, with a crime or misconduct and removing the official from office.

Synonyms for Impeach:

• n.

  •impeach (noun)
  • criminate,
  • accuse,
  • incriminate.

• v.

  •accuse (verb)
  • cite,
  • charge,
  • complain,
  • allege,
  • implicate,
  • scold,
  • denounce,
  • incriminate,
  • blame,
  • arraign,
  • inculpate,
  • accuse,
  • criticize,
  • impute,
  • condemn,
  • reproach.
  •criticize (verb)
  • reprobate,
  • reprehend,
  • bring charges against,
  • discredit,
  • try,
  • impugn,
  • hold at fault,
  • question,
  • challenge,
  • call to account.
  •denounce, censure (verb)
  • discredit,
  • accuse,
  • query,
  • arraign,
  • call into question,
  • challenge,
  • question,
  • inculpate,
  • charge,
  • incriminate,
  • reprobate,
  • reprehend,
  • impugn,
  • indict,
  • bring charges against,
  • criminate,
  • blame,
  • call to account,
  • cast doubt on,
  • criticize,
  • reprimand,
  • try,
  • cast aspersions on,
  • tax,
  • hold at fault,
  • disparage.
  •sue (verb)
  • prosecute,
  • litigate,
  • sue,
  • summons,
  • subpoena,
  • indict.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • indictment,
  • have up.
  •
  • dismiss,
  • haul.
  •accuse
  • tax,
  • incriminate,
  • litigate,
  • bring charges,
  • recriminate,
  • charge,
  • hang something on.
  •doubt
  • question.
  •remove
  • depose.
  •reproach
  • upbraid.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disturbance,
  • involve,
  • ambiguous,
  • hold at fault,
  • mistrustful,
  • prefer charges,
  • arrest,
  • anathematize,
  • hindrance,
  • brand,
  • upbraid,
  • gibbet,
  • prevent,
  • imply,
  • taunt,
  • bring charges,
  • disbelieving,
  • distrain,
  • decry,
  • try,
  • skeptical,
  • impair,
  • asperse,
  • commit,
  • pink slip,
  • Impeachable,
  • Appeach,
  • Crimination,
  • damn,
  • attribute,
  • accommodation,
  • doubtful,
  • chide,
  • accused,
  • file a claim,
  • accusing,
  • burden,
  • put on trial,
  • faithless,
  • slander,
  • task,
  • filing,
  • censure,
  • reflect upon,
  • pellet,
  • abuse,
  • Denunciate,
  • cast blame upon,
  • gather together,
  • have up,
  • fasten on,
  • challenge,
  • finger,
  • recriminate,
  • connote,
  • article,
  • dismiss,
  • summon,
  • disputable,
  • belittle,
  • declaim,
  • inform on,
  • reprobate,
  • depose,
  • twit,
  • attack,
  • inconvenience,
  • cry down,
  • lodge a complaint,
  • lodging,
  • hang something on,
  • hitch,
  • attach,
  • block,
  • indictment,
  • expose,
  • show up,
  • reprehend,
  • haul,
  • fulminate against,
  • inveigh against,
  • unmoved,
  • lodge,
  • report,
  • doubting,
  • pin on,
  • distrustful,
  • leave aside,
  • incredible,
  • press charges,
  • bring to book,
  • allude,
  • query,
  • complaint,
  • cry out against,
  • abode,
  • incredulous,
  • equivocal,
  • load,
  • obstacle,
  • disparage,
  • tax,
  • remove from office,
  • ball,
  • hesitant,
  • fasten upon,
  • dubious,
  • criminate,
  • impeachment,
  • call to account,
  • call into question,
  • barrier,
  • according to,
  • discredit,
  • complain against,
  • take to task,
  • leery,
  • restrain,
  • deterrent,
  • entail,
  • question,
  • pressing down,
  • vilify,
  • unimpressed,
  • accusation,
  • impugn,
  • deprecate,
  • drawback,
  • insinuate,
  • shake up,
  • questionable,
  • difficulty,
  • reprimand,
  • anathemize,
  • impediment,
  • doubt,
  • obstruction,
  • stigmatize,
  • animadvert on,
  • blow upon,
  • entangle,
  • bullet,
  • cynical,
  • book,
  • cast aspersions on,
  • dwelling,
  • bring charges against,
  • apprehend,
  • inform against,
  • cast doubt on,
  • malign,
  • impede,
  • delay,
  • unsure.

Antonyms for Impeach:

• v.

  • denounce, censure
    exculpate, elect, praise, answer, exonerate, approve, reply, commend, absolve, flatter.

• v. t.

  • Other antonyms:
    excuse, discharge, release, pardon, overlook, set free, condone, forgive.