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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, ridicule |
| Synonyms: | cut down to size, deflate, demystify, discover, disparage, expose, lampoon, mock, puncture, show up, uncloak, unmask, unshroud |
| Antonyms: | prove, uphold |
| Main Entry: | deflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humiliate |
| Synonyms: | chasten, cut down to size, dash, debunk, disconcert, dispirit, humble, kick in the teeth, knock down, let down easy, let wind out of sails, mortify, puncture balloon, put down*, shoot down, take down |
| Antonyms: | boost, build up, inflate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain, illustrate |
| Synonyms: | confirm, debunk, describe, express, give for instance, make clear, ostend, proclaim, set forth, show how, teach, testify to, walk one through |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, falsify, misrepresent |
Example Sentences
- Their hope is that the same forces that propelled the first message to popularity can also be used to debunk it.
- Sequences of maps can also be used to debunk misconceptions.
- Anthropologists debunk another myth of evolutionary progress.
| Main Entry: | discover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find, uncover |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, dig up, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out, get wind of, get wise to, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, light upon, locate, look up, nose out, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pick up on, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, smoke out, spot, think of, turn up, unearth |
| Antonyms: | lose, miss, pass by |
| Main Entry: | explode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discredit |
| Synonyms: | belie, confute, debunk, deflate, discard, disprove, invalidate, puncture, refute, repudiate, shoot down, shoot full of holes |
| Antonyms: | prove |
| Main Entry: | expose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, bring to light, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, dig up, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, flash, flaunt, give away, lay bare, lay open, leak, let cat out of bag, let out, make known, manifest, open, open to view, parade, present, prove, publish, put on view, report, show, show off, smoke out, spill, streak, tip off, trot out, unclothe, uncover, unearth, unfold, unmask, unshroud, unveil |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
| Main Entry: | show up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expose, embarrass |
| Synonyms: | belittle, convict, debunk, defeat, discover, discredit, highlight, invalidate, lay bare, let down, mortify, pinpoint, put spotlight on, put to shame, reveal, shame, show in bad light, uncloak, undress, unmask, unshroud, worst |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete |
| Main Entry: | substantiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back up a statement, idea |
| Synonyms: | actualize, affirm, approve, attest to, authenticate, bear out, check out, check up, complete, confirm, corroborate, debunk, demonstrate, establish, incarnate, justify, manifest, materialize, objectify, personify, prove, ratify, realize, reify, support, test, try, try on, try out, validate, verify |
| Antonyms: | break, disprove |
| Main Entry: | verify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confirm, validate |
| Synonyms: | add up, attest, authenticate, bear out, certify, check, check out, check up, check up on, corroborate, debunk, demonstrate, document, double-check, establish, eye*, eyeball, find out, hold up, justify, make certain, make sure, pan out, peg, prove, settle, size up, size*, stand up, substantiate, support, test, try |
| Antonyms: | discredit, disprove, invalidate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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