ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSsubstantiate
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substantiate
Meaning: to provide evidence to support or prove something
substantiate in a sentence
How substantiate is used in real sentences:
The scientist gathered years of data to substantiate her theory.
The journalist needed documents to substantiate the accusations before publishing.
“An apocryphal story claimed that the same species had once stripped a careless botanist's backpack overnight, but no field record could substantiate the tale.”
— from the passage The Tremor Above
“For decades, scholars tried to substantiate competing claims through ink tests, handwriting comparisons, and references to known rulers.”
— from the passage The Disputed Leaves
“Increment cores could substantiate the tree's age, though not the more dramatic claim of repeated escape.”
— from the passage The Patient Burn
Synonyms for substantiate
Other words for substantiate — verify, corroborate and confirm — carry the same meaning.
- verify
- corroborate
- confirm
Antonyms of substantiate
Words that mean the opposite of substantiate:
- refute
- disprove
Where it comes from
From Latin substantia "substance, essence"
Word parts
- sub — under
substantiate: sub- (under) + stan (stand)
Memory hook
SUBSTANTI-ATE -- give a claim real substance with proof.
Practice substantiate in the app