confirm
Prove something true
Confirm means to establish something as true, valid, or definite.
You confirm a suspicion by finding evidence, confirm a reservation by calling ahead, confirm an appointment by showing up.
In religious contexts, confirmation is a rite affirming one's faith or membership: She was confirmed in the Catholic Church at fourteen.
To confirm someone in a position is to formally approve their appointment.
Confirm as true
- corroborateConfirm with supporting evidence
- substantiateProve something is true
- authenticateConfirm as genuine
- verifyConfirm accuracy or truth
ascertain · establish · proof · evidence · certification · attestation · documentation · fact-check
Formally confirm agreement
- authorizeGrant formal permission
- certifyFormally verify as true
- formalizeMake official or systematic
- finalizeSettle decisively
seal · notarize · legalize · enact · decree · charter · commission · license
Confirm receipt or truth
- endorseGive official approval
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- upholdMaintain or confirm officially
- attestDeclare something true
concur · approve · agree · assent · second · back · vouch · sanction
Advance arrangement secured
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
- ticketEntry permit slip
schedule · slot · availability · cancellation · reschedule · RSVP · attendance · registration
validate
Confirm as true
- corroborateConfirm with supporting evidence
- substantiateProve something is true
- authenticateConfirm as genuine
verify · ascertain · establish · proof · evidence · certification · attestation · documentation · fact-check · cross-check
ratify
Formally confirm agreement
finalize · seal · notarize · legalize · enact · decree · charter · commission · license · accredit
acknowledge
Confirm receipt or truth
attest · concur · approve · agree · assent · second · back · vouch · sanction · consent
booking
Advance arrangement secured
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
ticket · schedule · slot · availability · cancellation · reschedule · RSVP · attendance · registration · enrollment
sacrament
Sacred ritual conveying grace
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- riteCeremonial act or practice
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
bishop · sponsor · catechism · vows · faith · communion · initiation · blessing · anoint · congregation
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- button labelssubmit, cancel, save, delete, edit
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- authenticationpassword, login, logout, fingerprint, ID
- binary statesyes, no, true, false, on
- booking actionsreserve, book, cancel, reschedule, modify
- confirmation emailNotice validating a transaction
- confirmation biasPreferring belief-supporting information
- delivery confirmationProof of successful arrival
- confirmation numberUnique booking identifier
- confirmed bachelorMan who won't wed
- confirmation hearingSenate review of appointee
confirmed, confirmation, confirming, unconfirmed, confirms, reconfirm, confirmable, confirmatory, reconfirmed