English verb: disprove | |||
1. | disprove (cognition) prove to be false | ||
Samples | The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories. | ||
Synonyms | confute | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | contradict, negate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | controvert, explode, falsify, rebut, refute | ||
Antonyms | shew, demonstrate, prove, show, establish | ||