substantiate

Meaning

1. (transitive) To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
2. (transitive) To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents

Synonyms

confirm

prove

corroborate

support

establish

actualize

affirm

justify

verify

actualise

authenticate

base

demonstrate

realise

realize

body forth

back

🔙

embody

validate

brace

strengthen

consolidate

sustain

ground

incarnate

document

certify

materialize

vouch

bear witness to

substantialize

buttress

cement

reify

motivate

objectify

play

ratify

reconfirm

reinforce

rest

shore

source

strut

testify

reenforce

toughen

transistorize

truss

underpin

Translations

begründen

justifier

erhärten

untermauern

probar

gerçekleşmek

verwirklichen

gerçekleştirmek

beweisen

prouver

konkretisieren

beglaubigen

βεβαιώνω

comprovare

αποδείχνω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səbˈstanʃɪeɪt/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657.