substantiate
English Thesaurus
1. solidify, firm, or strengthen (verb.change)
2. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts (verb.cognition)
| hyponym | : | back, back up, |
| definition | : | establish as valid or genuine (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | vouch, |
| definition | : | give supporting evidence (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | verify, |
| definition | : | confirm the truth of (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | document, |
| definition | : | support or supply with references (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | validate, |
| definition | : | prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something (verb.cognition) |
3. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to (verb.creation)
| hypernym | : | create, make, |
| definition | : | make or cause to be or to become (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | incarnate, |
| definition | : | make concrete and real (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | express, |
| definition | : | manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait) (verb.perception) |
4. represent in bodily form (verb.stative)
| hypernym | : | be, |
| definition | : | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative) |
5. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts (verb.cognition)
| antonym | : | contradict, negate, |
| definition | : | prove negative; show to be false (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | affirmation, |
| definition | : | a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | confirmation, |
| definition | : | information that confirms or verifies (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying, |
| definition | : | serving to support or corroborate (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sustainable, |
| definition | : | capable of being sustained (adj.pert) |
6. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | actual, existent, |
| definition | : | presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | actual, |
| definition | : | taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | actual, factual, |
| definition | : | existing in act or fact (adj.all) |
7. represent in bodily form (verb.stative)
| derivation | : | embodiment, |
| definition | : | giving concrete form to an abstract concept (noun.act) |
8. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts (verb.cognition)
| antonym | : | contradict, negate, |
| definition | : | prove negative; show to be false (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | affirmation, |
| definition | : | a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | confirmation, |
| definition | : | information that confirms or verifies (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying, |
| definition | : | serving to support or corroborate (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | sustainable, |
| definition | : | capable of being sustained (adj.pert) |
9. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | actual, existent, |
| definition | : | presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | actual, |
| definition | : | taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | actual, factual, |
| definition | : | existing in act or fact (adj.all) |
10. represent in bodily form (verb.stative)
| derivation | : | embodiment, |
| definition | : | giving concrete form to an abstract concept (noun.act) |
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