contradict
Dispute a statement
To contradict is to assert the opposite of what someone has said, or to deny the truth of a statement: She contradicted his account of events.
Evidence or facts can contradict claims: The data contradicts the theory.
To contradict oneself is to say something inconsistent with what you said before.
The word implies direct opposition, not mere disagreement.
Prove something untrue
- disavowDeny any association
- repudiateReject as having no authority
- negateCancel or disprove
- disclaimDeny connection or responsibility
reject · renounce · recant · retract · disown · gainsay · rebut · belie
Reasoned case or dispute
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- refutationDisproving a statement
- objectionExpression of disapproval
rejoinder · retort · counterclaim · disputation · contention · dialectic · polemic · dissent
Violent disagreement or collision
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- incompatibilityUnable to function together
- incongruityLack of harmony
variance · disagreement · tension · opposition · discord · disparity · divergence · mismatch
refute
Prove something untrue
disclaim · reject · renounce · recant · retract · disown · gainsay · rebut · belie · confute
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- refutationDisproving a statement
objection · rejoinder · retort · counterclaim · disputation · contention · dialectic · polemic · dissent · challenge
clash
Violent disagreement or collision
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- incompatibilityUnable to function together
incongruity · variance · disagreement · tension · opposition · discord · disparity · divergence · mismatch · paradox
opposite
Reverse or contrary thing
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- inverseOpposite in position
- converseEngage in dialogue
negation · antonym · counter · reverse · antipode · dichotomy · polarity · contrast · counterpoint · flipside
- disagreediffer, dispute, argue, object, deny
- opposeoppose, resist, defy, reject, refuse
- compatibilitycompatible, incompatible, match, mismatch, fit
- confrontationsargue, fight, clash, quarrel, dispute
- disagreementsdisagree, argue, dispute, quarrel, argument
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
contradictconfirm
Validate as true
affirm · agree with · corroborate · support · endorse
contradictverify
Confirm accuracy or truth
substantiate · corroborate · authenticate · validate · certify
- contradiction in termsPhrase with incompatible elements
- logical contradictionMutually exclusive claims combined
- proof by contradictionDisprove by assuming converse
contradiction, contradictory, contradicting, contradicts, contradicted, contradictions, uncontradicted, self-contradiction, noncontradictory