substantiate

substantiate is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make to exist; to make real. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make to exist; to make real.
2. transitive verb. To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.
3. verb. solidify, firm, or strengthen

   "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"

4. verb. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

   "his story confirmed my doubts"

   "The evidence supports the defendant"

   Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, support, sustain

5. verb. make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

   "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"

   Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, realize

6. verb. represent in bodily form

   "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"

   "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

   Synonyms: embody, incarnate

Synonyms

affirm, confirm, corroborate, support, sustain, actualise, actualize, realise, realize, embody, incarnate

Common word forms

substantiated, substantiates, substantiating

Words from these letters

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