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refute
Overview of verb refute
The verb refute has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) refute, rebut -- (overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments")
2. (1) refute, rebut, controvert -- (prove to be false or incorrect)
Grep of noun refute
refuter
Antonyms of verb refute
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb refute
2 senses of refute
Sense 1
refute, rebut
=> renounce, repudiate
=> reject
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
=> disprove, confute
=> negate, contradict
=> prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
=> confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb refute
1 of 2 senses of refute
Sense 1
refute, rebut
=> oppose, controvert, contradict
=> answer
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb refute
2 senses of refute
Sense 1
refute, rebut
=> renounce, repudiate
Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
=> disprove, confute
'Cause To' of verb refute
Derived Forms of verb refute
2 senses of refute
Sense 1
refute, rebut
RELATED TO>(noun) refutation#1
=> refutation, defense, defence
RELATED TO>(noun) refutation#2
=> disproof, falsification, refutation
RELATED TO>(noun) refuter#1
=> rebutter, disprover, refuter, confuter
Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
RELATED TO>(noun) refutation#2
=> disproof, falsification, refutation
RELATED TO>(noun) refutation#3
=> falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal
RELATED TO>(noun) refuter#1
=> rebutter, disprover, refuter, confuter
Domain of verb refute
Domain Terms of verb refute
Familiarity of verb refute
refute used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb refute
2 senses of refute
Sense 1
refute, rebut
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb refute
2 senses of refute
Sense 1
refute, rebut
> renounce, repudiate
=> apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate
=> abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
=> swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw
=> refute, rebut
=> deny
Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
> disprove, confute
=> explode
=> refute, rebut, controvert
=> falsify
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb refute
Sense 1
refute, rebut
=> renounce, repudiate
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Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
=> disprove, confute
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Grep of verb refute
refute
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