Defenition of the word confirm
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Defenition of the word confirm
- To admit the knowledge of something.
- To strengthen; to make firm.
- To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
- To confer the Catholic sacrament of confirmation.
- make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
- administer confirmation to; a church rite
- as of a person to a position: "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
- strengthen or make more firm as by corroboration; "his story confirmed my doubts"
- strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
- strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim''s account"
- administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother''s faith"
- as of a person to a position; "The Senate confirmed the President''s candidate for Secretary of Defense"
- make more firm
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- strengthen or make more firm
- administer the rite of confirmation to
- support a person for a position
Synonyms for the word confirm
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- affirm
- approve
- authenticate
- authorize
- back up
- bear out
- bolster
- corroborate
- endorse
- fortify
- make firmer
- prove
- ratify
- reassert
- reinforce
- sanction
- settle
- strengthen
- substantiate
- support
- sustain
- validate
- verify
Similar words in the confirm
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- confirm
- confirmations
- confirmatory
- confirmed
- confirming
- confirms
Hyponyms for the word confirm
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- back
- back up
- corroborate
- demonstrate
- document
- establish
- justify
- maintain
- prove
- reconfirm
- shew
- show
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- vouch
- warrant
Hypernyms for the word confirm
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- affirm
- approve
- beef up
- covenant
- fortify
- O.K.
- ok
- okay
- sanction
- strengthen
Antonyms for the word confirm
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