Meaning & use
Substantiating
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Providing evidence or proof to support or confirm the truth of a claim or theory.
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The lawyer spent weeks substantiating the client's alibi with phone records.
The study offers data substantiating the link between diet and heart disease.
A note on using this word
Commonly used in legal, academic, and journalistic contexts where claims must be backed by solid evidence.
Words with a similar meaning
provingverifyingconfirming
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Words with an opposite meaning
disprovingrefuting
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