'negate' definitions:
Definition of 'negate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be in contradiction with [syn: contradict, belie, negate]
verb
Deny the truth of [syn: contradict, negate, contravene]
verb
Prove negative; show to be false [syn: negate, contradict] [ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain]
verb
Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate]
Synonyms of 'negate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abnegate,
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- agree to disagree,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be contrary to,
- be unmoved,
- be unwilling,
- beg off,
- belie,
- blow sky-high,
- blow up,
- break,
- break off,
- bring to naught,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- call into question,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- challenge,
- clash,
- collide,
- come to nothing,
- conflict,
- contest,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- cross,
- decline,
- decline to accept,
- deflate,
- deny,
- differ,
- disaccord,
- disaffirm,
- disagree,
- disallow,
- disbelieve,
- disclaim,
- disconfirm,
- discredit,
- disprove,
- dissent,
- explode,
- expose,
- frustrate,
- gag on,
- gainsay,
- hold out against,
- impugn,
- invalidate,
- jangle,
- jar,
- jostle,
- misbelieve,
- mismatch,
- mismate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- not admit,
- not believe,
- not buy,
- not consent,
- not hear of,
- not swallow,
- not think of,
- nullify,
- object,
- offset,
- oppugn,
- prove the contrary,
- puncture,
- quash,
- rebut,
- redress,
- refuse,
- refuse consent,
- refuse to admit,
- refuse to credit,
- reject,
- repeal,
- repudiate,
- resist entreaty,
- resist persuasion,
- revoke,
- say nay,
- say no,
- shake the head,
- show up,
- stand aloof,
- stultify,
- thwart,
- traverse,
- turn down,
- unbelieve,
- undercut,
- undo,
- vary,
- vitiate,
- void,
- vote nay,
- vote negatively
Words containing 'negate'
- Negation,
- Negative,
- Negatively,
- Negativeness,
- Negativity,
- Negative crystal,
- Negative demonstration,
- Negative electricity,
- Negative eyepiece,
- Negative pregnant,
- Negative quantity,
- Negative rotation,
- Negative sign,
- Negative theorem,
- Negatively charged,
- Negatively electrified,
- Qualified negative,
- Reversed negative,
- double negative,
- negative charge,
- negative chemotaxis,
- negative correlation,
- negative feedback,
- negative hydrotropism,
- negative identification,
- negative lead,
- negative muon,
- negative phototaxis,
- negative phototropism,
- negative pole,
- negative reinforcer,
- negative stimulation,
- negative stimulus,
- negative thigmotaxis,
- negatively pressurized,
- rh negative,
- Electro-negative,
- gram-negative,
- negative feedback circuit,
- negative magnetic pole,
- negative reinforcing stimulus,
- rh-negative,
- rh-negative blood,
- rh-negative blood type