negate
Render null, void
Negate means to cancel out, nullify, or deny.
A single mistake can negate hours of careful work.
In logic, to negate a statement is to assert its opposite—negating "all swans are white" produces "not all swans are white." The word carries a sense of undoing or rendering ineffective: The new evidence negated his alibi.
Her kindness was negated by her constant criticism.
Make of no effect
- voidWithout legal effect
- annulDeclare legally void
- invalidateMake null or void
- vacateLeave a place empty
cancel · abolish · revoke · rescind · abrogate · quash · vitiate · countermand
Refuse to admit
- disavowDeny any association
- disclaimDeny connection or responsibility
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- disownReject connection to
renounce · repudiate · abjure · retract · recant · forswear · refuse · disallow
Prove something untrue
- rebutDisprove by argument
- debunkExpose as false
- discreditHarm another's reputation
- refuteProve something untrue
undermine · impugn · falsify · confute · demolish · puncture · explode · belie
Opposite of affirmative
- inverseOpposite in position
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
boolean · falsity · operator · complement · reversal · denial · assertion · proposition
nullify
Make of no effect
- voidWithout legal effect
- annulDeclare legally void
- invalidateMake null or void
vacate · cancel · abolish · revoke · rescind · abrogate · quash · vitiate · countermand · overturn
deny
Refuse to admit
disown · renounce · repudiate · abjure · retract · recant · forswear · refuse · disallow · dismiss
disprove
Prove something untrue
refute · undermine · impugn · falsify · confute · demolish · puncture · explode · belie · expose
not
Opposite of affirmative
- inverseOpposite in position
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
contradiction · boolean · falsity · operator · complement · reversal · denial · assertion · proposition · binary
- counteractneutralize, offset, counterbalance, cancel out, nullify
- responsesresponse, answering, answer, reply, replying
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- Counterspellscounterspell, counter, nullify, cancel, dispel
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- cancelcancel, annul, nullify, invalidate, revoke
negatevalidate
Confirm as true
confirm · verify · substantiate · corroborate · ratify
- negative campaigningAttacking opponents during elections
- negative thoughts
- positive and negativeOpposing values or polarities
- negative numberValue below zero
- double negativePaired negations in syntax
- negative feedbackResponse indicating problems
negative, renegade, negation, negativity, negatives, negatively, negates, negating, negated