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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 |
| 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 |
| Notes: | The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before. |
| 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 |
| Notes: | explode is to blow up from a confined area outwards; implode means blow inwards, as a lightbulb does when it burns out |
| 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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