What is another word for confutes?

Pronunciation: [kənfjˈuːts] (IPA)

Confutes mean to prove that something is false or incorrect, to contradict or refute someone's argument. There are numerous synonyms for the word confutes, including refute, rebut, disprove, invalidate, negate, debunk, challenge, contradict, and expose. Refute and rebut are more commonly used in argumentative or debate-style settings. Disprove suggests that something was thought to be true, but it is now proven false. Invalidates means to remove any value or authority from an argument, while negate suggests the complete cancellation of an argument or statement. Debunk is often used when revealing the truth behind a myth or misconception, and challenge is used to question or dispute a claim or argument. Contradict is used to prove an opposite statement while exposing is more similar to debunking.

What are the hypernyms for Confutes?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Confutes

Instinct, intuition, or insight is what first leads to the beliefs which subsequent reason confirms or confutes; but the confirmation, where it is possible, consists, in the last analysis, of agreement with other beliefs no less instinctive.
"Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays"
Bertrand Russell
But Panaetius sufficiently confutes this in his books concerning Socrates.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
This clause at once confutes every assertion of the antifederalists respecting the new congress being able to secure to themselves all offices of power, profit and trust.
"Essays on the Constitution of the United States"
Paul Leicester Ford

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