corroborate
verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- argue
- attest
- authenticate
- bear out
- certify
- confirm
- substantiate
- support
- validate
- verify
- vindicate
Example Sentences
Harriet Hall, Skeptic, 2007 Evidence like this is rarely conclusive, but it can help police corroborate testimony … David Fisher, Hard Evidence, 1995 … the great Dr. Woodruff … corroborated my doctor's belief that my two infections had been resolved … James Thurber 7 Mar. 1946, in Selected Letters Of James Thurber, (1980) 1981 the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people Andrew Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Reports from friends and news organizations corroborate that some gay men of means in the U.S. are even traveling to Canada to get vaccinated. Steven W. Thrasher, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2022 Other data sources corroborate the outsize role of family mass killings. USA Today, 18 Aug. 2022 Independent sources also corroborate the signs of recovery at the Chinese box office. Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 July 2022 Additional government sources and media reports corroborate the same information. Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022 The new images and videos seem to further corroborate those design and camera rumors. Chris Smith, BGR, 8 Aug. 2022 Texts could have potentially helped corroborate her testimony. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022 Through them the analyst can tell stories nobody will ever be able to corroborate. Hannah Gold, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare, from com- + robor-, robur strength
1529, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
corroborate
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Legal Definition
corroborate
transitive verb
corroborate
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- confirm
- verify
- argue
- support
- validate
- substantiate
- attest
- prove
- vindicate
- authenticate
- witness
- bear out
- certify
- demonstrate
- affirm
- reinforce
- establish
- document
- assert
- guarantee
- declare
- aver
- avow
- warrant
- testify (to)
- profess
- avouch
- vouch (for)
- reenforce
- back (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- refute
- disprove
- rebut
- contradict
- deny
- gainsay
- challenge
- question
- dispute
- disavow
- disclaim
- contest
Synonyms & Similar Words
- reinforce
- bolster
- prove
- confirm
- support
- substantiate
- buttress
- verify
- back
- reenforce
- establish
- validate
- affirm
- shore (up)
- avouch
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- undermine
- undercut
- weaken
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of corroborate are authenticate, confirm, substantiate, validate, and verify. While all these words mean "to attest to the truth or validity of something," corroborate suggests the strengthening of what is already partly established.
Although the words authenticate and corroborate have much in common, authenticate implies establishing genuineness by adducing legal or official documents or expert opinion.
The synonyms confirm and corroborate are sometimes interchangeable, but confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact.
The meanings of substantiate and corroborate largely overlap; however, substantiate implies the offering of evidence that sustains the contention.
While in some cases nearly identical to corroborate, validate implies establishing validity by authoritative affirmation or by factual proof.
In some situations, the words verify and corroborate are roughly equivalent. However, verify implies the establishing of correspondence of actual facts or details with those proposed or guessed at.