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Synonyms of the word 
CORROBORATE → AFFIRM - AGREE - CHECK - CONFIRM - CORRESPOND - FIT - GIBE - JIBE - MATCH - REASSERT - SUBSTANTIATE - SUPPORT - SUSTAIN - TALLY - UNDERPIN - VALIDATEcorroborate- v. (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
- v. (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.
affirm- v. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
- v. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
- v. To support or encourage.
- v. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or…
agree- v. (intransitive) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become…
- v. (intransitive) To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
- v. (transitive, Britain, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.
- v. (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange…
- v. (intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
- v. (intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
- v. (intransitive, grammar) To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.
- v. (intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.
check- n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- n. An inspection or examination.
- n. A control; a limit or stop.
- n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
- n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
- n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
- n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- n. A small chink or crack.
- v. To inspect; to examine.
- v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
- v. To control, limit, or halt.
- v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
- v. To leave in safekeeping.
- v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
- v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
- v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
- v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
- v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
- v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
- v. To act as a curb or restraint.
- v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…
confirm- v. To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
- v. (transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
- v. To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
correspond- v. (intransitive, constructed with to) to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin,…
- v. (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period…
fit- adj. Suitable, proper.
- adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
- adj. In good shape; physically well.
- adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
- adj. Prepared; ready.
- v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
- v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
- v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
- v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
- v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
- v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
- v. (transitive) To make ready.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
- v. To be proper or becoming.
- v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
- n. The degree to which something fits.
- n. Conformity of elements one to another.
- n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
- n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
- n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
- n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
- n. A seizure or convulsion.
- n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
- n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
- n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
- v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
gibe- n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
- v. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
- v. (intransitive) To agree.
- v. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.
jibe- n. (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting…
- v. (intransitive, nautical) To perform a jibe.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To cause to execute a jibe.
- v. (intransitive) To agree.
- n. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
- v. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks, jeer.
- v. (transitive) To mock, taunt.
- v. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
match- n. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
- n. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
- n. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
- n. A marriage.
- n. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
- n. Suitability.
- n. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
- n. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
- n. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
- n. An agreement or compact.
- n. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly…
- v. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
- v. (transitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
- v. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
- v. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
- v. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
- v. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove…
- n. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being…
reassertsubstantiate- v. (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
- v. (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents.
support- n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
- n. Financial or other help.
- n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
- n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
- n. Evidence.
- n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
- v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
- v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
- v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
- v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
- v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
- v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
- v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
- v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
sustain- n. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
- v. (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- v. (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
- v. (transitive) To encourage (something).
- v. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate.
- v. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- v. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
tally- adj. (Britain) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
- interj. (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
- n. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;.
- n. Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- n. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially…
- n. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
- n. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- n. A tally shop.
- n. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- v. (transitive) To count something.
- v. (transitive) To record something by making marks.
- v. (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
- v. (intransitive) To keep score.
- v. (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
- v. (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
- adv. (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
underpin- v. (transitive) To support from below with props or masonry.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To give support to; to corroborate.
validate- v. To render valid.
- v. To check or prove the validity of; verify.
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