confirmable

Able to validate

Confirmable describes something that can be verified or proven true.

A confirmable fact can be checked against evidence; a confirmable reservation can be validated by the hotel.

The word appears most often in contexts requiring proof: The story contains no confirmable details.

Her alibi was easily confirmable.

verifiable

verifiable

Able to be proven

checkable · auditable · documentable · certifiable · replicable · falsifiable · traceable · corroborable · ascertainable · determinable

evidence

proof

Demonstration of truth

verification · authentication · corroboration · substantiation · attestation · certification · endorsement · affirmation · ratification · testimony

empirical

data

Facts for analysis

analysis · observation · experimentation · statistics · results · methodology · measurements · sampling · reproducibility · meta-analysis

Opposites
verifiability

confirmableunconfirmable

Cannot be proven true

unverifiable · unprovable · indemonstrable · untestable · unfalsifiable

epistemic status

confirmabletheoretical

Based on hypothesis, untested

speculative · conjectural · hypothetical · debatable · disputable

Family

confirm, confirmed, confirmation, confirming, unconfirmed, reconfirm, confirmatory, reconfirmed, reconfirmation

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G