Synonyms of the word

contradict

• v. (obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.
• v. To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
• v. To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
• v. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.

belie

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
• v. (transitive) To tell lies about; to slander.
• v. (transitive) To give a false representation of, to misrepresent.
• v. (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
• v. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal…
• v. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly…
• v. (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fill with lies.

contravene

• v. (transitive) To act contrary to an order, or fail to conform to a regulation.
• v. (transitive) To deny the truth of something.

controvert

• v. (transitive) To dispute or argue using reason.
• v. (intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy.

demonstrate

• v. To display the method of using an object.
• v. To show the steps taken to create a logical argument or equation.
• v. To participate in or organize a demonstration.
• v. To show, display, present.

depart

• v. (intransitive) To leave.
• v. (intransitive) To set out on a journey.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To deviate (from).
• v. (transitive, now rare) To go away from; to leave.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To divide up; to distribute, share.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To separate, part.
• n. (obsolete) division; separation, as of compound substances.
• n. (obsolete) A going away; departure.

deviate

• n. (sociology) A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
• n. (statistics) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic…
• v. (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.

differ

• v. Not to have the same traits, characteristics.
• v. (people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.

disagree

• v. (intransitive) To not agree (harmonize).
• v. (intransitive) To not agree (conform, correspond).
• v. (intransitive) To not agree (suit).

dissent

• v. (intransitive) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
• v. (intransitive) To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
• v. (obsolete) To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
• n. Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
• n. An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
• n. (Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome…
• n. (sports) A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate…

diverge

• v. (intransitive, literally of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart;…
• v. (intransitive, literally of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another…
• v. (intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else) To become different, to separate…
• v. (intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or…

establish

• v. (transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
• v. (transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
• v. (transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
• v. (transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

negate

• v. To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
• v. To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
• v. To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
• v. (computing) To perform the NOT operation on.

oppose

• v. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc…
• v. To object to.
• v. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
• v. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
• v. To compete with; to strive against.

prove

• v. (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
• v. (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
• v. (copulative) To turn out to be.
• v. (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
• v. (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To experience.
• v. (printing, dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
• v. simple past tense of proove.

rebut

• v. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
• v. To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

refute

• v. (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
• v. (transitive) To deny the truth or correctness of (something).

shew

• v. Archaic form of show.
• v. (East Anglia dialect) simple past tense of show.
• n. Archaic form of show.

show

• v. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
• v. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
• v. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
• v. (transitive) To guide or escort.
• v. (intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
• v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
• v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
• n. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
• n. (countable) An exhibition of items.
• n. (countable) A demonstration.
• n. (countable) A broadcast program/programme.
• n. (countable) A movie.
• n. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
• n. A project or presentation.
• n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
• n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
• n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
• n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

vary

• v. (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
• v. (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
• v. (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
• v. (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
• v. (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
• v. (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
• v. (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key,…
• v. (obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
• n. (obsolete) alteration; change.