Definition for Rebut:

• To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

Synonyms for Rebut:

• n.

  •
  • explode.
  •
  • discredit.
  •rebut (noun)
  • controvert,
  • refute.

• v.

  •answer (verb)
  • counterclaim,
  • answer,
  • counter-reply,
  • reply,
  • echo,
  • return,
  • respond,
  • retort,
  • counter-state,
  • counter-accuse,
  • expound,
  • acknowledge,
  • come back,
  • explain,
  • counter,
  • countercharge.
  •argue against; prove wrong (verb)
  • defeat,
  • repel,
  • overturn,
  • confute,
  • ward off,
  • stave off,
  • hold off,
  • repulse,
  • negate,
  • fend off,
  • take on,
  • get back at,
  • cross,
  • confound,
  • prove false,
  • top,
  • disconfirm,
  • quash,
  • invalidate,
  • controvert,
  • break,
  • deny,
  • come back at,
  • disprove,
  • evert,
  • refute,
  • negative,
  • keep off.
  •communication (verb)
  • refute.
  •confute (verb)
  • challenge,
  • disavow,
  • confute,
  • dispute,
  • repeal,
  • conflict,
  • rejoin,
  • deny,
  • invalidate,
  • abnegate,
  • repudiate,
  • disprove,
  • abrogate,
  • Disaffirm,
  • negate,
  • contradict,
  • refute.
  •defend (verb)
  • buffer,
  • counterattack,
  • ward,
  • screen,
  • sustain,
  • barricade,
  • fend,
  • uphold,
  • police,
  • avert,
  • cover,
  • shelter,
  • oppose,
  • resist,
  • bar,
  • backfire,
  • secure,
  • safeguard,
  • save,
  • guard,
  • protect,
  • argue,
  • shield.
  •disprove (verb)
  • subvert,
  • belie,
  • parry,
  • overturn,
  • contravene.
  •respond (verb)
  • justify,
  • react,
  • object,
  • defend.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • discredit.
  •answer
  • counterclaim,
  • answer back,
  • retort.
  •confute
  • prove false,
  • prove wrong.
  •deny
  • turn down.
  •fend off
  • keep off.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dismiss,
  • crush,
  • answer back,
  • defeat,
  • ignore,
  • doubt,
  • take on,
  • repulse,
  • evert,
  • oppugn,
  • come back at,
  • Surrejoin,
  • puncture,
  • disclaim,
  • break,
  • squelch,
  • stick up for,
  • disown,
  • repel,
  • plead,
  • weaken,
  • plead for,
  • silence,
  • dispose of,
  • expose,
  • keep off,
  • discredit,
  • maintain,
  • shut up,
  • argue down,
  • qualify,
  • speak up for,
  • debate,
  • be contrary to,
  • disconfirm,
  • call into question,
  • squash,
  • reject,
  • abdicate,
  • nonplus,
  • contest,
  • say in defense,
  • advocate,
  • cheek,
  • relinquish,
  • renounce,
  • turn the tables,
  • clinch an argument,
  • retaliate,
  • answer conclusively,
  • destroy,
  • gainsay,
  • Rebutting,
  • devastate,
  • get back at,
  • Redargue,
  • countervail,
  • resign,
  • counteract,
  • explode,
  • turn down,
  • call in question,
  • impugn,
  • rebuff,
  • prove false,
  • confound,
  • finish,
  • traverse,
  • ruin,
  • undermine,
  • overthrow,
  • speak for,
  • have,
  • cut both ways,
  • controvert,
  • prove wrong,
  • abjure,
  • riposte,
  • espouse,
  • cross,
  • contend,
  • turn the scale,
  • stand up for,
  • champion,
  • negative,
  • argue for,
  • upset,
  • shoot-down,
  • demolish,
  • fend off,
  • quash,
  • top,
  • refuse,
  • debunk,
  • contend for,
  • overwhelm,
  • ward off,
  • abandon,
  • Surrebut,
  • hold off,
  • stave off,
  • settle,
  • floor,
  • assert.

Antonyms for Rebut:

• v.

  • argue against; prove wrong
    approve, agree, support, help, attract, prove, lose, permit, validate, stay, concede, abet, aid, back down, allow, sanction.
  • Other antonyms:
    buttress, evince, document, identify, support, display, show, evidence, illustrate, adduce, welcome, hail, back, witness, manifest, embrace, record.

Homophones for Rebut:

• rapid, raw beauty, ruby wood, rabbit-weed, rabato, rabbet, rebate, rivet, revived, Revet, raphidiidae, riptide, robot, rift, repudiate, rowboat, reputed, Ribbed, rapt, rip out, Rabidity, roofed, raft, refute, refit, reboot, rope tow, rapidity, repute, raped, rarified, rabbitweed, repeated, rub out, robed, rabbitwood, rabid, repot, rabbit, repeat, rabat, ribbed toad, raphidae, rabbiteye, rebato, rarebit, rarefied, rubato, repudiated.

Hypernym for Rebut:

• v.

  • communication
    contradict, oppose, controvert, answer.

Hyponym for Rebut:

• v.

  • communication
    disown, repudiate, renounce.