Synonyms for validate
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Verb
1. Verify
verify, confirm, substantiate, corroborate, authenticate, affirm, certify, attest
Definitions
- v. 1
To render valid.
Related words
- Word family
- valid validation
Forms
- Past participle
- validated
e.g. validated → verified, confirmed, substantiated, corroborated…
Example sentences
- confirm I will neither confirm nor deny these allegations.
- verify Could you verify that your computer is plugged in?
- corroborate There was no one who could corroborate Sami's alibi.
- substantiate Sami won't be able to substantiate that alibi.
- formalize We need to formalize our plans for the gala.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| validate | rising | |
| confirm | rising | |
| verify | rising | |
| corroborate | steady | |
| substantiate | falling | |
| formalize | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- verify3, affirm2, attest2
- 7 letters
- confirm2, certify3
- 9 letters
- formalize3, formalise
- 11 letters
- corroborate4
- 12 letters
- substantiate4, authenticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (verify3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- valider
- Italiano
- convalidare
- Español
- validar
- Deutsch
- bestätigen