CONFUTE Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

confute

verb

kən-ˈfyüt

Definition of confute

as in to refute

to prove to be false theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience

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Recent Examples of confute In Tory Nation, Samuel Earle discusses and frets morosely over this success, which has confuted so many hopes and indeed confident predictions on the left. — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023 Vulnerable, uninformed wives have hardly been in a position to confute them. — Justin Jones, Quartz India, 15 Sep. 2019

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refute

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So thankful to Alabama Athletics for refuting it on my behalf.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
The State Department has refuted the allegations against Chen.

— Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

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