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Refuting

🔄 Synonyms of "Refuting"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
falsificationnoun	The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
falsifyingnoun	falsification
disprovingverb	(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
confutingverb	(transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Refuting"

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Word	Definition
confutingverb	(transitive, now rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
disprovingverb	(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
falsificationnoun	The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
falsifyingnoun	falsification
challengingnoun	Difficult, hard to do.
denyingnoun	The act of one who denies something; a denial.
dismissing	Dismissive.
dispellingverb	(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
rebuttingverb	To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
rejectingverb	(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
refutationnoun	An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
rebuttalnoun	The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
rebuttedverb	To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
controvertingverb	(transitive) To dispute, to argue about (something).
debunkingnoun	The act of showing something to be false (or bunkum)
rebutverb	To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
disproveverb	(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
refutabilitynoun	The ability to be refuted; disprovability.
rebuttalsnoun	The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
rebutsverb	To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.