'Contradict' definitions:
Definition of 'contradict'
(from WordNet)
verb
verb
Deny the truth of [syn: contradict, negate, contravene]
verb
Be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" [syn: oppose, controvert, contradict]
verb
Prove negative; show to be false [syn: negate, contradict] [ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain]
Definition of 'Contradict'
From: GCIDE
- Contradict \Con`tra*dict\, v. i. To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. --Acts xiii. 45. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Contradict'
From: GCIDE
- Contradict \Con`tra*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contradicting.] [L. contradictus, p. p. of contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See Diction.]
- 1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn. [1913 Webster]
- Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The future can not contradict the past. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contradict'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjure,
- abrogate,
- agree to disagree,
- annul,
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- antagonize,
- argue down,
- assert the contrary,
- be antipathetic,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be contrary to,
- be inimical,
- be opposed to,
- beat against,
- belie,
- break,
- break off,
- brush aside,
- call into question,
- challenge,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- clash,
- collide,
- conflict,
- conflict with,
- confound,
- confute,
- contemn,
- contest,
- contrapose,
- contrast with,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterattack,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- counterpoise,
- counterpose,
- countervail,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- crush,
- decline,
- defeat,
- demolish,
- deny,
- despise,
- differ,
- disaccord,
- disaffirm,
- disagree,
- disallow,
- disapprove,
- disavow,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discount,
- disdain,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- dispose of,
- disprove,
- dispute,
- disregard,
- dissent,
- except,
- exclude,
- falsify,
- finish,
- floor,
- forbid,
- forswear,
- gainsay,
- garble,
- go against,
- go counter to,
- ignore,
- impugn,
- interfere with,
- jangle,
- jar,
- join issue upon,
- jostle,
- juxtapose in opposition,
- lock horns,
- meet head-on,
- militate against,
- mismatch,
- mismate,
- negate,
- negative,
- nonplus,
- not accept,
- not admit,
- nullify,
- object,
- offset,
- oppose,
- oppugn,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- parry,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- play at cross-purposes,
- push aside,
- put to silence,
- rebuff,
- rebut,
- recant,
- reduce to silence,
- refuse,
- refuse to admit,
- refuse to consider,
- refute,
- reject,
- renounce,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- resist,
- retract,
- reverse,
- revoke,
- run against,
- run counter to,
- scout,
- set off,
- settle,
- shove away,
- shut up,
- silence,
- smash all opposition,
- spurn,
- squash,
- squelch,
- subvert,
- swim upstream,
- take back,
- take issue with,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- traverse,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- undermine,
- upset,
- vary,
- waive,
- work against