corroborate
Support with evidence
To corroborate is to confirm or support with additional evidence.
A witness corroborates testimony by providing independent agreement.
Documents corroborate claims.
The word implies strengthening what already exists rather than proving something new: Her account was corroborated by security footage.
Corroborating evidence comes from a separate source and points to the same conclusion.
Confirm accuracy or truth
- confirmValidate as true
- substantiateProve something is true
- validateConfirm as true
- authenticateConfirm as genuine
certify · establish · prove · ascertain · attest · vouch · testify · demonstrate
Facts supporting truth
- proofDemonstration of truth
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- affidavitSworn written statement
deposition · witness · substantiation · confirmation · facts · data · records · findings
verify
Confirm accuracy or truth
- confirmValidate as true
- substantiateProve something is true
- validateConfirm as true
authenticate · certify · establish · prove · ascertain · attest · vouch · testify · demonstrate · document
evidence
Facts supporting truth
- proofDemonstration of truth
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
affidavit · deposition · witness · substantiation · confirmation · facts · data · records · findings · forensics
support
To uphold or sustain
buttress · bolster · strengthen · underpin · reinforce · second · endorse · bear out · back up · stand behind
agree
Hold the same view
match · correspond · coincide · tally · conform · harmonize · dovetail · square · jibe · consistent
- verifycheck, confirm, verify, validate, authenticate
- testimony wordstestify, attest, depose, swear, vouch
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- approvalapprove, approval rating, agree, accept, thumbs-up
- establishestablish, found, institute, create, set up
- backupbackup copy, backup drive, backup plan, backup schedule, backup service
- corroborating evidenceProof that supports other proof
corroboration, corroborated, corroborating, corroborates, corroborative, corroborations, corroborators