|
|
cor·rob·o·rate
 corroborate
- pronunciation:
- k
ra
b
reIt
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
corroborated, corroborates, corroborating |
| definition: |
to support with evidence or testimony; certify the truth of.
The next witness corroborated the young man's story.- antonyms:
- contradict
- similar words:
- alibi, attest, back, confirm, document, establish, evidence, fortify, substantiate, support, sustain, verify
|
| related words: |
authenticate, base, certificate, certify, control, demonstrate, endorse, justify, prove, validate, witness |
| derivations: |
corroborative (adj.), corroboratively (adv.), corroboration (n.), corroborator (n.) |
|
|