Word Meanings - DISPROVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury. 2. To disallow; to disapprove of. Stirling.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISPROVE)

• Contradict
• Oppose
• dissent
• negative
• controvert
• deny
• disprove
• confute
• refute
• gainsay
• contravene
• Refute
• Negative
• neutralize
• repel

Related words: (words related to DISPROVE)

• REPELLENCE; REPELLENCY
  The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
• CONTRADICTABLE
  Capable of being contradicting.
• NEUTRALIZE
  To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. 3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference
• NEGATIVE
  Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition. (more info) 1. Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing
• CONTRADICTIVE
  Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv..
• CONTRAVENE
  1. To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat. So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be contravened. Southey. 2. To violate; to nullify; to
• GAINSAY
  To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,
• NEGATIVENESS; NEGATIVITY
  The quality or state of being negative.
• GAINSAYER
  One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.
• CONTRADICTORILY
  In a contradictory manner. Sharp.
• OPPOSELESS
  Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
• CONTRADICTION
  1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak. 2. Direct opposition
• DISSENTIVE
  Disagreeing; inconsistent. Feltham.
• CONTRAVENER
  One who contravenes.
• REPELLENT
  Driving back; able or tending to repel.
• CONTROVERTIBLE
  Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question. -- Con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv.
• DISSENTIATE
  To throw into a state of dissent. Feltham.
• REPEL
  1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. Pope. They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. Macaulay. 2.
• DISSENTIOUS
  Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv.
• CONTRADICTOR
  A contradicter.
• SELF-REPELLING
  Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.
• AGAINSAY
  To gainsay. Wyclif.