Synonyms for Refute:

• n.

  •
  • affirm,
  • discredit.

• v.

  •annul (verb)
  • veto,
  • disclaim,
  • divorce,
  • destroy,
  • eradicate,
  • disavow,
  • annul,
  • retract,
  • abolish,
  • obliterate,
  • dissolve,
  • revoke,
  • dismiss,
  • eliminate,
  • withdraw,
  • extinguish,
  • abnegate,
  • delete,
  • Disaffirm,
  • efface,
  • undo,
  • nullify,
  • reject.
  •answer (verb)
  • talked back,
  • de fend,
  • wast in touch,
  • ex plain,
  • de-fend,
  • backs at you,
  • counter-claims,
  • gotten back to,
  • be touch,
  • fielding the question,
  • counter-claiming,
  • am touch,
  • back talking,
  • backing you,
  • re marks,
  • re-turned,
  • ex plained,
  • re mark,
  • de fends,
  • comebacking,
  • de fending,
  • answers back,
  • re-solve,
  • Re-turn,
  • backs you,
  • getting back to,
  • giving snappy comeback,
  • shoots back,
  • counter claim,
  • fielded question,
  • re tort,
  • fielded the question,
  • re-turning,
  • re-solved,
  • ex-plaining,
  • re marked,
  • answering back,
  • shot back,
  • feedbacked,
  • re solve,
  • wert touch,
  • re solving,
  • re-marks,
  • field question,
  • feedbacking,
  • re-turns,
  • fields question,
  • re marking,
  • ex plaining,
  • back you,
  • re-marked,
  • re join,
  • re-torts,
  • got back to,
  • give snappy comeback,
  • gives a snappy comeback,
  • is in touch,
  • re torts,
  • wast touch,
  • are in touch,
  • re joins,
  • re-join,
  • backed at you,
  • shooting back,
  • counter claimed,
  • re turn,
  • art in touch,
  • were in touch,
  • re joining,
  • talks back,
  • re-joining,
  • re-joined,
  • being touch,
  • re-solving,
  • fields the question,
  • de-fends,
  • fielding question,
  • wert in touch,
  • re-joins,
  • was touch,
  • gave snappy comeback,
  • de-fending,
  • re-solves,
  • art touch,
  • were touch,
  • counter claims,
  • giving a snappy comeback,
  • re-tort,
  • is touch,
  • are touch,
  • re turning,
  • gets back to,
  • ex-plain,
  • gat back to,
  • was in touch,
  • ex-plained,
  • backed you,
  • being in touch,
  • gave a snappy comeback,
  • re solves,
  • back talked,
  • backing at you,
  • counter claiming,
  • ex-plains,
  • de-fended,
  • comebacked,
  • gives snappy comeback,
  • re-marking,
  • de fended,
  • re joined,
  • re turns,
  • counter-claimed,
  • ex plains.
  •attack (verb)
  • jump one's case,
  • be rate,
  • jumping ones case,
  • jumps down one's throat,
  • jumping on one's case,
  • jumped down one's throat,
  • jumps down throat,
  • shoots down,
  • jumping case,
  • jumping one case,
  • jumps on ones case,
  • jumping down one throat,
  • jumping on case,
  • jumped on ones case,
  • jumped one case,
  • be-rate,
  • jumped ones case,
  • jumped on case,
  • jumped case,
  • re proves,
  • jumped one's case,
  • jumps down ones throat,
  • jump one case,
  • jumps on one's case,
  • re-proving,
  • jump down ones throat,
  • jumps one case,
  • jump on case,
  • jumping on one case,
  • jumped on one's case,
  • jumps on one case,
  • jump case,
  • jumped down ones throat,
  • jumping down throat,
  • jumps on case,
  • re vile,
  • jump on one case,
  • re-vile,
  • jump ones case,
  • jumps down one throat,
  • be rates,
  • be rated,
  • be-rates,
  • jump down one throat,
  • re-proved,
  • re proving,
  • jumps one's case,
  • be-rating,
  • re-proves,
  • jumped down throat,
  • jumped down one throat,
  • jumping on ones case,
  • be-rated,
  • re-prove,
  • jumping down ones throat,
  • be rating,
  • jumps case,
  • re proved,
  • jumping down one's throat,
  • jumped on one case,
  • jumps ones case,
  • jumping one's case,
  • jump on ones case,
  • shooting down,
  • lay in to,
  • re prove.
  •break (verb)
  • sub due,
  • dis confirms,
  • in-capacitates,
  • de merited,
  • dis confirmed,
  • dis confirming,
  • de-grades,
  • de mote,
  • de moralized,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • dis-confirming,
  • re duces,
  • de grading,
  • de merit,
  • de-moralize,
  • re duce,
  • de moralize,
  • de-moralizes,
  • co wed,
  • in-capacitating,
  • de-merit,
  • de grades,
  • de-mote,
  • under mined,
  • de motes,
  • de moralizes,
  • de-classing,
  • disconfirms,
  • de-moting,
  • de class,
  • de-moralized,
  • in-capacitate,
  • de graded,
  • de grade,
  • in-capacitated,
  • declasses,
  • dis confirm,
  • de-merits,
  • de classed,
  • de classes,
  • co-wing,
  • sub-due,
  • de-moralizing,
  • under-mined,
  • de-meriting,
  • de-graded,
  • de moting,
  • re-duce,
  • in capacitates,
  • de-class,
  • de moralizing,
  • re-duces,
  • dis-confirms,
  • sub-dues,
  • co wing,
  • Declassing,
  • under mining,
  • de-merited,
  • de-classes,
  • in capacitate,
  • in capacitating,
  • de-grade,
  • de-motes,
  • de merits,
  • de classing,
  • sub dues,
  • co-wed,
  • de meriting,
  • under-mining,
  • de-classed,
  • de-grading,
  • in capacitated,
  • dis-confirm.
  •cancel (verb)
  • render null void,
  • counter balances,
  • balancing out,
  • re call,
  • over-threw,
  • re-deems,
  • re-canted,
  • counter checked,
  • putting end to,
  • declaring invalid,
  • re-dressed,
  • dis charging,
  • re canting,
  • dis charged,
  • re deemed,
  • counter checking,
  • counter checks,
  • re tract,
  • dis carded,
  • counter-checking,
  • counter-poising,
  • re dressing,
  • putting an end to,
  • over throw,
  • counter poised,
  • over threw,
  • renders null and void,
  • counter-balanced,
  • counter-acting,
  • re-peals,
  • re peals,
  • counter balance,
  • dis-carding,
  • counter-poise,
  • making up for,
  • over throws,
  • counter-balancing,
  • re-called,
  • re-peal,
  • dis-charged,
  • Counterchecked,
  • sets aside,
  • re-pealing,
  • puts end to,
  • dis charges,
  • dis-cards,
  • dis-carded,
  • counter-act,
  • dis-card,
  • re pealed,
  • counter poising,
  • compensates for,
  • re-dresses,
  • re canted,
  • counter check,
  • re-dressing,
  • dis-charges,
  • counter acting,
  • re dressed,
  • counter acted,
  • dis charge,
  • declares invalid,
  • over throwing,
  • balanced out,
  • re-deeming,
  • re-dress,
  • counter-check,
  • re dresses,
  • re pealing,
  • counter-acted,
  • re deem,
  • re-tracts,
  • rendering inert,
  • renders inert,
  • re-calls,
  • rendered inert,
  • counter act,
  • re-calling,
  • puts an end to,
  • counter-poised,
  • rendering null void,
  • re deems,
  • renders null void,
  • over-throw,
  • counter-acts,
  • re calls,
  • counter-poises,
  • counter-checked,
  • over-throws,
  • makes up for,
  • dis-charge,
  • counter poises,
  • over-throwing,
  • re-tract,
  • re deeming,
  • dis-charging,
  • re peal,
  • over-thrown,
  • re-pealed,
  • rendered null and void,
  • re dress,
  • rendered null void,
  • rendering null and void,
  • re-canting,
  • counter poise,
  • re calling,
  • makes for,
  • counter acts,
  • counter balanced,
  • counter balancing,
  • dis cards,
  • re-deem,
  • over thrown,
  • counter-checks,
  • re-call,
  • dis carding,
  • re tracts,
  • balances out,
  • dis card.
  •complain (verb)
  • kick fuss,
  • be moans,
  • dis approving,
  • finds fault,
  • make fuss,
  • ex-postulates,
  • found fault,
  • re-pine,
  • finding fault,
  • kicks up fuss,
  • be-moans,
  • kicks a fuss,
  • ex postulate,
  • ex postulated,
  • dis-agree,
  • re-pines,
  • in-dict,
  • ex-postulating,
  • be-moan,
  • ex postulating,
  • be wail,
  • looking askance,
  • making fuss,
  • dis-approve,
  • pro-tested,
  • be wails,
  • dis agreed,
  • made a fuss,
  • dis-approving,
  • in dict,
  • be wailed,
  • kick a fuss,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • kicking a fuss,
  • pro-testing,
  • kicking up fuss,
  • looked askance,
  • be-moaned,
  • be moaning,
  • ex postulates,
  • dis agreeing,
  • dis-agrees,
  • dis approved,
  • making a fuss,
  • kicked a fuss,
  • be-moaning,
  • dis-approved,
  • kicked up a fuss,
  • kicked up fuss,
  • pro tested,
  • took exception to,
  • re-pining,
  • be-wail,
  • re pining,
  • kick up fuss,
  • dis sent,
  • re-pined,
  • dis agrees,
  • dis approve,
  • be moaned,
  • dis agree,
  • be-wails,
  • be-wailed,
  • sounded off,
  • makes a fuss,
  • re pines,
  • dis-sent,
  • sounding off,
  • kicked fuss,
  • kicking up a fuss,
  • sounds off,
  • be-wailing,
  • makes fuss,
  • be wailing,
  • kicking fuss,
  • taking exception to,
  • made fuss,
  • be moan,
  • takes exception to,
  • dis approves,
  • dis-agreed,
  • ex-postulate,
  • dis sents,
  • kicks up a fuss,
  • re pine,
  • kicks fuss,
  • dis-sents,
  • re pined,
  • pro testing,
  • ex-postulated,
  • dis-approves,
  • looks askance.
  •confute (verb)
  • repeal,
  • contradict,
  • rejoin,
  • abrogate,
  • confute.
  •contravene (verb)
  • inter-pose,
  • inter pose,
  • dis affirming,
  • dis affirm,
  • conflicting with,
  • dis affirmed,
  • inter-posing,
  • over-steps,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • dis obeyed,
  • infracts,
  • over stepped,
  • dis-affirms,
  • dis-affirming,
  • in fringes,
  • inter-posed,
  • dis affirms,
  • dis-affirm,
  • conflicts with,
  • inter posed,
  • inter-feres,
  • inter fere,
  • dis-obey,
  • in fringed,
  • inter-fere,
  • in fringing,
  • dis obey,
  • in fracted,
  • over-stepped,
  • in fringe,
  • inter feres,
  • in-fringe,
  • dis-obeys,
  • dis-obeyed,
  • dis obeying,
  • in-fracted,
  • inter posing,
  • over stepping,
  • in-fringing,
  • conflicted with,
  • in-fringed,
  • dis obeys,
  • dis-obeying,
  • over-stepping,
  • in-fringes,
  • over steps.
  •controvert (verb)
  • dis-cusses,
  • dis cusses,
  • dis cuss,
  • dis cussing,
  • dis-cussing,
  • dis-cussed,
  • dis cussed,
  • dis-cuss.
  •convince (verb)
  • twisting one's arm,
  • sells one on,
  • in-duce,
  • made believer,
  • over-coming,
  • over came,
  • putting across,
  • bringing reason,
  • sold one on,
  • brings reason,
  • in duces,
  • twists one's arm,
  • twist ones arm,
  • twisting arm,
  • bring reason,
  • makes believer,
  • over-come,
  • over comes,
  • twisted arm,
  • talk in to,
  • talking into,
  • twisted ones arm,
  • twisting one arm,
  • over-comes,
  • talks in to,
  • puts across,
  • argue in to,
  • selling on,
  • argues in to,
  • argued in to,
  • making believer,
  • talked into,
  • prevails upon,
  • twist one arm,
  • twists ones arm,
  • bringing home to,
  • in-duces,
  • twists arm,
  • making a believer,
  • twisting ones arm,
  • twists one arm,
  • sells on,
  • twisted one arm,
  • over coming,
  • bringing to reason,
  • make believer,
  • makes a believer,
  • prevail up on,
  • talked in to,
  • talking in to,
  • brought to reason,
  • talks into,
  • brings to reason,
  • argues into,
  • over-came,
  • made a believer,
  • twisted one's arm,
  • in duce,
  • brought home to,
  • over come,
  • argued into,
  • brought reason,
  • brings home to,
  • selling one on.
  •debate (verb)
  • tossing around,
  • chew fat,
  • had at it,
  • de-liberating,
  • bumps heads,
  • discepting,
  • de-bate,
  • discepts,
  • hadst it,
  • re-hashing,
  • setting to,
  • de-bates,
  • hast at it,
  • dis cept,
  • de bates,
  • picked a bone,
  • picks a bone,
  • tost around,
  • de-bated,
  • de liberated,
  • having it,
  • hammers away at,
  • hast it,
  • hammering away at,
  • hashed over,
  • picking a bone,
  • picked bone,
  • pick bone,
  • has at it,
  • de liberate,
  • hath at it,
  • having at it,
  • sets to,
  • chewed fat,
  • de-liberates,
  • de-liberate,
  • hadst at it,
  • re-hashes,
  • hath it,
  • de-liberated,
  • de bating,
  • haddest it,
  • chewing the fat,
  • chewing fat,
  • picks bone,
  • kicks around,
  • puts up argument,
  • puts argument,
  • put argument,
  • bumped heads,
  • de liberates,
  • de bated,
  • re hashing,
  • re hashes,
  • thrashing out,
  • chewed the fat,
  • discepted,
  • bumping heads,
  • thrashed out,
  • thrashes out,
  • re-hash,
  • has it,
  • talking game,
  • tosses around,
  • hammered away at,
  • re hashed,
  • haddest at it,
  • re hash,
  • talks game,
  • talked game,
  • re-hashed,
  • putting up argument,
  • de liberating,
  • de-bating,
  • putting argument,
  • hashing over,
  • dis-cept,
  • hashes over,
  • de bate,
  • chews fat,
  • picking bone.
  •defeat (verb)
  • un did,
  • sur-mounts,
  • counter-plots,
  • counter-plotted,
  • out witted,
  • dis appointed,
  • un-does,
  • dis-concerting,
  • dis concerting,
  • took wind out sails,
  • un done,
  • dis concerts,
  • sur mounted,
  • sur mounts,
  • de-feat,
  • un-doing,
  • beats the system,
  • dis-appointed,
  • de feat,
  • de feats,
  • out witting,
  • co oking,
  • out-witted,
  • dis-appoints,
  • takes wind out sails,
  • causing setback,
  • counter plotted,
  • sur-mounted,
  • beats down,
  • over turns,
  • out wits,
  • causes setback,
  • sur mount,
  • sur-mount,
  • throwing for loop,
  • over-turning,
  • dis-concert,
  • co-oked,
  • dis comfits,
  • un-did,
  • dis-concerts,
  • sub-jugate,
  • taking wind out of sails,
  • beating the system,
  • dis-comfits,
  • caused setback,
  • out-wit,
  • un does,
  • dis appointing,
  • counter-plotting,
  • takes wind out of sails,
  • dis-appoint,
  • throws for loop,
  • co oked,
  • over-turn,
  • out-wits,
  • counter plotting,
  • sur-mounting,
  • de-feats,
  • beating system,
  • co-oking,
  • took wind out of sails,
  • beat system,
  • out-witting,
  • dis concert,
  • counterplots,
  • taking wind out sails,
  • sub jugate,
  • over-turns,
  • nosed out,
  • un doing,
  • counter plots,
  • casts down,
  • over turning,
  • dis-appointing,
  • take wind out sails,
  • dis comfit,
  • dis-concerted,
  • nosing out,
  • beats system,
  • dis appoints,
  • threw for loop,
  • dis-comfit,
  • dis concerted,
  • noses out,
  • dis appoint,
  • beating down,
  • counter plot,
  • sur mounting.
  •deny (verb)
  • denounce.
  •disacknowledge (verb)
  • dis-acknowledges,
  • dis acknowledges,
  • dis acknowledge,
  • dis acknowledging,
  • dis-acknowledging,
  • dis-acknowledged,
  • dis acknowledged,
  • dis-acknowledge.
  •disprove (verb)
  • subvert,
  • overturn,
  • parry,
  • belie,
  • oppose.
  •dispute (verb)
  • having at,
  • haddest at,
  • has at,
  • hath at,
  • hadst at,
  • hast at.
  •explode (verb)
  • de-bunk,
  • shoot full holes,
  • shoots full holes,
  • de-bunking,
  • shot full holes,
  • shot full of holes,
  • de-bunks,
  • shoots full of holes,
  • shooting full of holes,
  • de bunks,
  • de bunk,
  • de bunked,
  • shooting full holes,
  • de-bunked,
  • de bunking.
  •gainsay (verb)
  • with stands,
  • with stood,
  • with-stands,
  • with stand,
  • with standing,
  • with-stand,
  • with-standing.
  •invalidate (verb)
  • x-outs,
  • in validated,
  • in validate,
  • dis-annuls,
  • xouted,
  • dis-qualified,
  • dis qualify,
  • blow skyhigh,
  • un-fitted,
  • circumducting,
  • x outed,
  • x outing,
  • dis annuls,
  • over-ruled,
  • un fitted,
  • in validates,
  • x outs,
  • dis-qualifying,
  • circumducted,
  • over ruling,
  • dis-annulled,
  • x-outing,
  • dis qualifying,
  • dis annulled,
  • blowing sky-high,
  • xouts,
  • dis annul,
  • over rule,
  • in-validates,
  • dis qualified,
  • dis-qualifies,
  • over-rules,
  • in validating,
  • x-outed,
  • over-rule,
  • blows sky-high,
  • in-validated,
  • un fits,
  • dis-annulling,
  • circumducts,
  • nixed,
  • over-ruling,
  • disannulled,
  • dis-annul,
  • blew sky-high,
  • un-fits,
  • in-validate,
  • disannuls,
  • dis qualifies,
  • xouting,
  • xout,
  • un-fit,
  • in-validating,
  • un fitting,
  • un-fitting,
  • blows skyhigh,
  • dis annulling,
  • dis-qualify,
  • blew skyhigh,
  • over ruled,
  • over rules,
  • disannulling,
  • blowing skyhigh.
  •negate (verb)
  • re versing,
  • flying the face of,
  • flew in face of,
  • fly face of,
  • re verse,
  • flew the face of,
  • flies face of,
  • flying face of,
  • flew face of,
  • canceling out,
  • flew in the face of,
  • flies the face of,
  • re-verse,
  • flies in the face of,
  • flying in face of,
  • cancels out,
  • flies in face of,
  • fly the face of,
  • re-versed,
  • flying in the face of.
  •prove false; discredit (verb)
  • contend,
  • top,
  • argue against,
  • silence,
  • convict,
  • show up,
  • tear down,
  • crush,
  • overthrow,
  • reply to,
  • take a stand against,
  • expose,
  • counter,
  • demolish,
  • burn,
  • dispose of,
  • squelch,
  • give thumbs down to,
  • burn down,
  • give the lie to,
  • quash.
  •rebut (verb)
  • re-pulsed,
  • re-butted,
  • coming back at,
  • re butted,
  • re-butting,
  • keeps off,
  • kept off,
  • re pulsed,
  • comes back at,
  • keeping off,
  • fended off,
  • proving false,
  • re-pulses,
  • proves false,
  • re pulses,
  • came back at,
  • proved false,
  • re butting,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re pulsing.
  •respond (verb)
  • acknowledge,
  • echo,
  • defend,
  • expound,
  • explain,
  • return,
  • object,
  • justify,
  • react,
  • respond,
  • retort,
  • reply.
  •scorn (verb)
  • was above,
  • considered beneath one,
  • de-rides,
  • being above,
  • dis regarding,
  • de-ride,
  • de rides,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-regarded,
  • turned nose at,
  • were above,
  • turning back on,
  • scoffs at,
  • scoffing at,
  • de ride,
  • de-riding,
  • turning nose at,
  • art above,
  • is above,
  • dis-regard,
  • turns nose up at,
  • dis regard,
  • considers beneath one,
  • turning nose up at,
  • turned nose up at,
  • de riding,
  • considering beneath one,
  • are above,
  • am above,
  • dis regarded,
  • wast above,
  • dis-regarding,
  • turns nose at,
  • wert above,
  • turn nose at,
  • dis-regards,
  • turns back on.
  •vindicate (verb)
  • mitigate,
  • forgive,
  • exonerate,
  • excuse,
  • clear,
  • avenge,
  • acquit,
  • pardon,
  • absolve,
  • apologize,
  • exculpate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • testify,
  • deflate,
  • disabuse,
  • bury,
  • attest,
  • blow apart,
  • hose down,
  • pooh-pooh,
  • ask.
  •
  • recant.
  •
  • cite,
  • quiet.
  •
  • negative.
  •answer
  • returning,
  • counterclaimed,
  • give a snappy comeback,
  • back at you,
  • Parried,
  • answered back,
  • counter-claim,
  • Responding,
  • answer back,
  • field the question,
  • shoot back,
  • talk back,
  • Re-mark,
  • counterclaims,
  • counterclaim,
  • echoes,
  • be in touch,
  • talking back,
  • remark,
  • counterclaiming,
  • get back to.
  •attack
  • maligned,
  • reviled,
  • revile,
  • Vilified,
  • stretch,
  • shot down,
  • blitzing,
  • shoot down,
  • blitzed,
  • jump down throat,
  • jump on one's case,
  • jump down one's throat.
  •defeat
  • put end to,
  • Blanked,
  • Counterplotting,
  • shellac,
  • skunked,
  • squash,
  • counterplot,
  • cause setback,
  • cast down,
  • beat the system,
  • Counterplotted,
  • out wit,
  • Blanking,
  • skunking,
  • take wind out of sails,
  • counter-plot,
  • beat down,
  • nose out,
  • throw for loop,
  • Squashing,
  • over turn,
  • outwitting,
  • casting down.
  •deny
  • enjoin from,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • Forgone,
  • taboo,
  • Tabooed,
  • turn down,
  • forsake,
  • keeping back,
  • forgoing,
  • not buy,
  • Disacknowledge,
  • called on,
  • withhold,
  • Negativing,
  • keeps back,
  • Tabooing,
  • call on,
  • keep back,
  • say no to,
  • Negatived,
  • calling on,
  • withholds,
  • kept back.
  •disprove
  • shoot holes in,
  • find unfounded,
  • blow sky high,
  • knock props out,
  • poke holes in,
  • knock bottom out of.
  •negate
  • fly in face of,
  • cancel out,
  • canceled out,
  • cancelling out,
  • fly in the face of,
  • cancelled out.
  •vindicate
  • pleading for,
  • free from blame,
  • plead for,
  • Disculpate,
  • do justice to.

Paraphrases for Refute:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    disprove.

• Independent

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    rejects, contradicts, disputes, Denies.
  • Verb, base form
    repudiate, reject, contradict, deny, negate, dispel, invalidate, gainsay, overrule, dispute, refuse, reverse, quash, repel, challenge, defeat, undermine, argue, respond, resist, repulse, oppose, nullify.

• Other Related

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    contests.
  • Verb, base form
    rebut, counter, dismiss, overturn, counteract, contest, displace, disallow.

Antonyms for Refute:

• v.

  • prove false; discredit
    allow, ratify, surrender, lose, approve, help, prove, concede, give in, sanction, uphold, fix, assist, concur, agree, endorse, permit, yield, aid, release, go along.
  • Other antonyms:
    submit, document, identify, evince, back, buttress, adopt, show, witness, espouse, own, display, evidence, embrace, manifest, support, accept, claim, record, announce, adduce, illustrate.

Homophones for Refute:

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