Synonyms for Rebut:

• adj.

  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • speech.

• n.

  •
  • deflate,
  • explode,
  • disabuse.
  •
  • affirm,
  • discredit.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • reply.

• v.

  •answer (verb)
  • counter,
  • expound,
  • counterclaim,
  • return,
  • echo,
  • counter-accuse,
  • retort,
  • countercharge,
  • acknowledge,
  • come back,
  • respond,
  • explain,
  • counter-reply,
  • counter-state.
  •argue against; prove wrong (verb)
  • defeat,
  • negative,
  • hold off,
  • stave off,
  • invalidate,
  • top,
  • quash,
  • take on,
  • confound,
  • cross,
  • overturn,
  • keep off,
  • get back at,
  • prove false.
  •break (verb)
  • de merits,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • de-moralized,
  • de-motes,
  • de-merits,
  • under mined,
  • Declassing,
  • de classes,
  • de grade,
  • de-grading,
  • de classed,
  • de grading,
  • de-moralizing,
  • under-mined,
  • de-classing,
  • sub-due,
  • de-moralizes,
  • de merited,
  • co-wed,
  • de classing,
  • in-capacitated,
  • de moralize,
  • de moralized,
  • de-grade,
  • re duces,
  • in capacitate,
  • re duce,
  • de moralizing,
  • in capacitated,
  • disconfirms,
  • sub-dues,
  • dis-confirm,
  • de mote,
  • de-merit,
  • de-merited,
  • dis-confirming,
  • de moralizes,
  • dis confirming,
  • de-moralize,
  • dis confirm,
  • de-classed,
  • in capacitates,
  • re-duce,
  • de-grades,
  • de motes,
  • de moting,
  • de graded,
  • de merit,
  • under-mining,
  • de-graded,
  • dis confirmed,
  • co wed,
  • under mining,
  • de grades,
  • de class,
  • in-capacitates,
  • dis confirms,
  • co-wing,
  • de-meriting,
  • de-mote,
  • declasses,
  • de meriting,
  • co wing,
  • dis-confirms,
  • de-class,
  • in-capacitating,
  • sub dues,
  • de-classes,
  • de-moting,
  • sub due,
  • in capacitating,
  • in-capacitate,
  • re-duces.
  •communication (verb)
  • rebut.
  •confute (verb)
  • contradict,
  • disavow,
  • abnegate,
  • repeal,
  • rejoin,
  • repudiate,
  • Disaffirm,
  • conflict,
  • challenge,
  • abrogate.
  •controvert (verb)
  • dis cussed,
  • dis-cussing,
  • dis-cussed,
  • dis cusses,
  • dis cuss,
  • dis-cusses,
  • dis cussing,
  • dis-cuss.
  •debate (verb)
  • chew fat,
  • re hashed,
  • re-hashing,
  • de liberated,
  • putting up argument,
  • hath at it,
  • hammered away at,
  • hashed over,
  • puts argument,
  • put argument,
  • hadst it,
  • discepted,
  • having it,
  • picked a bone,
  • de bated,
  • de-bate,
  • setting to,
  • tosses around,
  • bumping heads,
  • re hashing,
  • chewed fat,
  • puts up argument,
  • re-hash,
  • pick bone,
  • de-bating,
  • talks game,
  • haddest at it,
  • has at it,
  • hadst at it,
  • de liberating,
  • talked game,
  • de-bated,
  • dis-cept,
  • re hash,
  • tossing around,
  • hammers away at,
  • picking bone,
  • picked bone,
  • hast it,
  • de-liberate,
  • putting argument,
  • tost around,
  • hammering away at,
  • has it,
  • de liberates,
  • bumped heads,
  • picks bone,
  • having at it,
  • de bates,
  • chewed the fat,
  • de-liberated,
  • discepting,
  • picks a bone,
  • re-hashed,
  • thrashes out,
  • de-liberating,
  • re hashes,
  • thrashing out,
  • de-liberates,
  • hath it,
  • picking a bone,
  • sets to,
  • hashing over,
  • de liberate,
  • de bating,
  • hast at it,
  • re-hashes,
  • bumps heads,
  • talking game,
  • discepts,
  • kicks around,
  • haddest it,
  • dis cept,
  • de-bates,
  • chews fat,
  • had at it,
  • hashes over,
  • chewing fat,
  • chewing the fat,
  • thrashed out,
  • de bate.
  •deny (verb)
  • dis-avowed,
  • dis card,
  • re canting,
  • dis-claims,
  • calls on,
  • dis-allowed,
  • dis credits,
  • dis-owning,
  • dis acknowledged,
  • with hold,
  • enjoined from,
  • dis believing,
  • with-holds,
  • re strain,
  • be-grudging,
  • dis-carded,
  • re fuse,
  • enjoining from,
  • dis-believe,
  • dis-acknowledged,
  • dis credit,
  • dis-allowing,
  • dis claims,
  • be-grudged,
  • dis-claiming,
  • with holds,
  • dis allows,
  • dis avowed,
  • dis avowing,
  • dis acknowledges,
  • dis avows,
  • re-buffs,
  • not bought,
  • re-buffed,
  • dis-avowing,
  • dis-believed,
  • dis-credit,
  • re fused,
  • dis owned,
  • dis-credits,
  • dis-avows,
  • said no to,
  • dis allowing,
  • dis-crediting,
  • dis-allows,
  • dis-allow,
  • re-canted,
  • re-fused,
  • dis cards,
  • re fuses,
  • dis claimed,
  • dis-avow,
  • re buffing,
  • re-strained,
  • re canted,
  • dis-owned,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • dis credited,
  • dis owning,
  • dis acknowledge,
  • with-held,
  • dis crediting,
  • enjoins from,
  • dis carding,
  • re strained,
  • re buffed,
  • dis-believes,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • dis-believing,
  • not buying,
  • dis avow,
  • dis claiming,
  • dis carded,
  • dis believed,
  • re buff,
  • re straining,
  • re buffs,
  • dis-acknowledges,
  • dis-card,
  • dis believe,
  • takes exception to,
  • dis-acknowledge,
  • dis acknowledging,
  • dis-cards,
  • says no to,
  • be grudged,
  • be grudges,
  • re-straining,
  • dis allow,
  • be grudge,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • with holding,
  • taking exception to,
  • took exception to,
  • re strains,
  • re-strains,
  • re-fuse,
  • be-grudge,
  • dis-carding,
  • with held,
  • re fusing,
  • dis-claim,
  • dis believes,
  • dis-credited,
  • dis-claimed,
  • saying no to,
  • dis claim,
  • re-buffing,
  • dis-acknowledging,
  • be grudging,
  • be-grudges,
  • re-strain,
  • re-canting,
  • with-hold,
  • not buys,
  • dis allowed.
  •disprove (verb)
  • contravene,
  • subvert,
  • parry,
  • belie.
  •dispute (verb)
  • jump case,
  • jumped ones case,
  • jumped case,
  • jumps on ones case,
  • jump ones case,
  • dis affirm,
  • jump on ones case,
  • hadst at,
  • having at,
  • dis affirmed,
  • jump on case,
  • has at,
  • jumps on one case,
  • jumped one's case,
  • jumped one case,
  • jumping case,
  • jumping on one's case,
  • jumped on one's case,
  • dis affirming,
  • hast at,
  • dis-affirm,
  • dis affirms,
  • jumping one case,
  • jump on one case,
  • jumps on one's case,
  • jumped on one case,
  • dis-affirms,
  • jumping one's case,
  • jumps case,
  • dis-affirming,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • haddest at,
  • jumped on ones case,
  • jumps ones case,
  • jumping ones case,
  • jumping on ones case,
  • jumped on case,
  • jump one case,
  • jumps one case,
  • jumping on one case,
  • jumping on case,
  • hath at,
  • jumps one's case,
  • jump one's case,
  • jumps on case.
  •fend off (verb)
  • holding at bay,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • drove back,
  • drave back,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • keep at arms length,
  • kept arm length,
  • holding bay,
  • keeping at distance,
  • keeping a distance,
  • holds bay,
  • kept a distance,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • held at bay,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • keeping distance,
  • held bay,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • keep arms length,
  • keeps at a distance,
  • keeps a distance,
  • beating off,
  • keeps off,
  • keep a distance,
  • fended off,
  • turns aside,
  • kept at arms length,
  • keeping arms length,
  • kept at a distance,
  • keeps arms length,
  • kept off,
  • drives back,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • kept arms length,
  • kept at arm length,
  • keeps distance,
  • keeps at distance,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keeping at a distance,
  • keep arm length,
  • keep at arm length,
  • keeps arm length,
  • keeping off,
  • kept distance,
  • beats off,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • kept at distance,
  • hold bay,
  • keeping arm length,
  • keep at distance,
  • holds at bay.
  •justify (verb)
  • does justice to,
  • made allowances,
  • wast answerable for,
  • dost justice to,
  • apologized for,
  • apologizes for,
  • makes allowances,
  • up hold,
  • spoke favor,
  • wert answerable for,
  • didst justice to,
  • up held,
  • up holds,
  • standing up for,
  • speaking favor,
  • up-holding,
  • speaks in favor,
  • showed cause,
  • doeth justice to,
  • stands up for,
  • were answerable for,
  • up-held,
  • being answerable for,
  • shows cause,
  • showing cause,
  • making allowances,
  • up-hold,
  • doest justice to,
  • speaks favor,
  • cop plea,
  • is answerable for,
  • argued for,
  • spake in favor,
  • up-holds,
  • up holding,
  • argues for,
  • art answerable for,
  • speak favor,
  • apologizing for,
  • spake favor,
  • am answerable for,
  • spoke in favor,
  • did justice to,
  • are answerable for,
  • makes good,
  • doing justice to,
  • doth justice to,
  • was answerable for,
  • speaking in favor.
  •negate (verb)
  • flew in the face of,
  • re-peals,
  • re peal,
  • re-verse,
  • re verse,
  • re dressing,
  • counter-check,
  • re-dressing,
  • counter-checked,
  • flying face of,
  • flying in face of,
  • counter check,
  • re tracts,
  • flies face of,
  • re-versed,
  • fly face of,
  • re peals,
  • flies the face of,
  • re-tract,
  • re-dressed,
  • re tract,
  • re-dress,
  • un-doing,
  • re-dresses,
  • re dress,
  • re pealed,
  • re dresses,
  • un-does,
  • re versing,
  • flew in face of,
  • flying the face of,
  • re-pealed,
  • un done,
  • un-did,
  • re-pealing,
  • un did,
  • flew the face of,
  • fly the face of,
  • Counterchecked,
  • counter-checking,
  • counter-checks,
  • un does,
  • counter checks,
  • re pealing,
  • flew face of,
  • cancels out,
  • counter checking,
  • flies in face of,
  • canceling out,
  • re-tracts,
  • flies in the face of,
  • counter checked,
  • un doing,
  • flying in the face of.
  •refute (verb)
  • gave thumbs down to,
  • argued against,
  • gives lie to,
  • shoots full holes,
  • shooting down,
  • shoots full of holes,
  • takes stand against,
  • shooting full holes,
  • shooting full of holes,
  • giving the lie to,
  • giving lie to,
  • gives the lie to,
  • burnt down,
  • taking stand against,
  • replies to,
  • taking a stand against,
  • argues against,
  • gave lie to,
  • take stand against,
  • shot full of holes,
  • burning down,
  • burned down,
  • gave the lie to,
  • giving thumbs down to,
  • took stand against,
  • takes a stand against,
  • shoots down,
  • replying to,
  • shoot full holes,
  • took a stand against,
  • shot full holes,
  • gives thumbs down to.
  •repel (verb)
  • drave away,
  • forces off,
  • dis-missed,
  • driving away,
  • gives cold shoulder to,
  • forcing off,
  • forced off,
  • put flight,
  • casting aside,
  • duelled,
  • with standing,
  • beats back,
  • pushing back,
  • drives away,
  • pushed back,
  • de cline,
  • dis missed,
  • standing up against,
  • forces back,
  • with stands,
  • keep bay,
  • forced back,
  • drives off,
  • driving off,
  • keeping bay,
  • pushes back,
  • de-clines,
  • de clines,
  • keeps at bay,
  • dis-missing,
  • forcing back,
  • putting to flight,
  • stands against,
  • with-stand,
  • chasing away,
  • beating back,
  • casts aside,
  • stood against,
  • chases away,
  • with-stands,
  • drove away,
  • with stood,
  • drove off,
  • keeping at bay,
  • kept bay,
  • dis missing,
  • stood up against,
  • giving cold shoulder to,
  • with stand,
  • with-standing,
  • keeps bay,
  • putting flight,
  • stands up against,
  • de-cline,
  • gave cold shoulder to,
  • drave off,
  • puts to flight,
  • puts flight.
  •repulse (verb)
  • heavehoes,
  • kicking in teeth,
  • heave hoed,
  • throws back,
  • re pulsing,
  • kicks in the teeth,
  • kicking the teeth,
  • re-pulses,
  • kick teeth,
  • heave-hoes,
  • kicks teeth,
  • re pulses,
  • kicked in the teeth,
  • re pulsed,
  • kicked in teeth,
  • kicked teeth,
  • kicked the teeth,
  • throwing back,
  • kicks in teeth,
  • re pulse,
  • re-pulse,
  • heave-hoed,
  • heaveho,
  • threw back,
  • re-pulsing,
  • heave hoing,
  • kicks the teeth,
  • nixed,
  • kicking in the teeth,
  • heave-hoing,
  • re-pulsed,
  • heave hoes,
  • heavehoed,
  • kick the teeth,
  • heave ho,
  • kicking teeth,
  • heavehoing.
  •respond (verb)
  • defend,
  • react,
  • object.
  •retort (verb)
  • re paying,
  • re paid,
  • coming back at,
  • snaps back,
  • re torts,
  • re quite,
  • re-plying,
  • re-pays,
  • re tort,
  • re-paid,
  • re pay,
  • came back at,
  • re pays,
  • re-paying,
  • re-pay,
  • comes back at,
  • re-tort,
  • re plying,
  • re-torts,
  • snapped back,
  • re-quite,
  • re-plied.
  •ward/ward off (verb)
  • fore stalling,
  • fore-stalls,
  • fore stalls,
  • pre vents,
  • fore-stalled,
  • pre-vented,
  • pre venting,
  • pre-vent,
  • fore-stall,
  • fore stall,
  • pre vent,
  • fore-stalling,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre-vents.

• Other synonyms:

  •answer
  • remark,
  • talk back,
  • Re-mark,
  • returning,
  • Parried,
  • field the question,
  • answer back,
  • shoot back,
  • echoes,
  • get back to,
  • counterclaiming,
  • counterclaimed,
  • counterclaims,
  • Responding,
  • counter-claim,
  • be in touch,
  • answered back,
  • back at you,
  • talking back,
  • give a snappy comeback.
  •confute
  • set aside,
  • setting aside,
  • proved wrong,
  • blow sky high,
  • knocks props out from under,
  • prove wrong,
  • up set,
  • bring to naught,
  • over turn.
  •deny
  • keep back,
  • spurn,
  • keeping back,
  • call on,
  • take exception to,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • withhold,
  • say no to,
  • forgoing,
  • withholds,
  • calling on,
  • forsake,
  • called on,
  • veto,
  • kept back,
  • Tabooed,
  • Negatived,
  • not buy,
  • keeps back,
  • Negativing,
  • Forgone,
  • Tabooing,
  • taboo,
  • turn down,
  • enjoin from.
  •disprove
  • shoot holes in,
  • find unfounded,
  • knock props out,
  • knock bottom out of,
  • poke holes in.
  •fend off
  • beat off,
  • turned aside,
  • driving back,
  • keep at a distance,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • turn aside,
  • keep arm's length,
  • turning aside,
  • hold at bay,
  • drive back,
  • fending off,
  • keep distance.
  •negate
  • fly in the face of,
  • countercheck,
  • cancelling out,
  • Counterchecking,
  • counterchecks,
  • cancelled out,
  • fly in face of,
  • cancel out,
  • canceled out.
  •Other relevant words:
  • quibble,
  • dueled,
  • bump heads,
  • break,
  • Mooting,
  • show cause,
  • deny,
  • reply to,
  • knock around,
  • repel,
  • bankrupts,
  • disconfirmed,
  • put to flight,
  • disconfirm,
  • Bankrupted,
  • thrash out,
  • controvert,
  • justify,
  • drive off,
  • cast aside,
  • making good,
  • shoot full of holes,
  • give the lie to,
  • negate,
  • push back,
  • beat back,
  • apologize for,
  • give thumbs down to,
  • Declass,
  • riposting,
  • chase away,
  • duelling,
  • do justice to,
  • turn away,
  • altercates,
  • stand up against,
  • stand against,
  • burns down,
  • evert,
  • moot,
  • answer,
  • kept at bay,
  • stand up for,
  • Altercating,
  • everting,
  • turns away,
  • burn down,
  • riposted,
  • toss around,
  • shoot down,
  • confute,
  • Dueling,
  • EVERTS,
  • chew the fat,
  • standing against,
  • disprove,
  • talk game,
  • chews the fat,
  • altercate,
  • had at,
  • Quarrelled,
  • Justifying,
  • tossed around,
  • take a stand against,
  • knocking down,
  • Bankrupting,
  • refute,
  • alibiing,
  • argue for,
  • turning away,
  • make good,
  • Bandied,
  • alibied,
  • demeriting,
  • Bandying,
  • moots,
  • kicking around,
  • dispute,
  • disconfirming,
  • repulse,
  • have at it,
  • force off,
  • knock down,
  • force back,
  • stood up for,
  • snap back,
  • chased away,
  • pick a bone,
  • snapping back,
  • fend off,
  • make allowances,
  • Mooted,
  • put up argument,
  • made good,
  • drive away,
  • hammer away at,
  • duel,
  • fend,
  • argue against,
  • replied to,
  • Everted,
  • knocked down,
  • Discept,
  • come back at,
  • set to,
  • ward off,
  • keep at bay,
  • hash over,
  • demerited,
  • debate,
  • jump on one's case,
  • had it,
  • shot down,
  • speak in favor,
  • turned away,
  • kicked around,
  • Altercated,
  • knocks down,
  • have it,
  • be answerable for,
  • kick around,
  • give cold shoulder to,
  • have at.
  •repulse
  • throw back,
  • nixing,
  • kick in teeth,
  • Repulsing,
  • fight off,
  • kick in the teeth,
  • set back,
  • heave-ho.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • dismiss,
  • oppugn,
  • cheek,
  • be contrary to,
  • disclaim,
  • shoot-down,
  • contest,
  • impugn,
  • upset,
  • reject,
  • abdicate,
  • demolish,
  • resign,
  • advocate,
  • floor,
  • contend,
  • expose,
  • crush,
  • squash,
  • destroy,
  • abandon,
  • abjure,
  • allege in support,
  • ignore,
  • ruin,
  • finish,
  • settle,
  • maintain,
  • speak for,
  • overthrow,
  • argue down,
  • reduce to silence,
  • counteract,
  • stick up for,
  • Redargue,
  • plead,
  • call into question,
  • cut both ways,
  • doubt,
  • have,
  • riposte,
  • overwhelm,
  • renounce,
  • silence,
  • puncture,
  • weaken,
  • undermine,
  • rebuff,
  • squelch,
  • say in defense,
  • Surrebut,
  • shut up,
  • clinch an argument,
  • nonplus,
  • contend for,
  • Rebutting,
  • gainsay,
  • countervail,
  • traverse,
  • speak up for,
  • debunk,
  • disown,
  • espouse,
  • champion,
  • turn the scale,
  • dispose of,
  • refuse,
  • qualify,
  • call in question,
  • retaliate,
  • devastate,
  • assert,
  • plead for,
  • answer conclusively,
  • turn the tables,
  • Surrejoin,
  • relinquish.

Paraphrases for Rebut:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    disprove, reject.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    repudiate, contradict, dispel, repel, reverse, overthrow, challenge, negate, overrule, repulse, displace, gainsay, reschedule, topple, defeat, rebuff, dispute, dismiss, respond, impugn, postpone, undermine, address.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    refute, counter, overturn, counteract, deny, contest.

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:
    document, back, welcome, hail, embrace, manifest, identify, illustrate, witness, show, evince, adduce, buttress, evidence, display, 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.