Meaning & use
corroborating
Providing evidence or information that supports and confirms a claim, statement, or theory.
See it in a sentence
Two independent witnesses gave corroborating accounts of what happened that night.
The lab results ended up corroborating the detective's original theory.
A note on using this word
Frequently used in legal and journalistic contexts, where a single source is rarely trusted without corroborating evidence.
Words with a similar meaning
confirmingsubstantiating
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Words with an opposite meaning
contradicting
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