synonyms for "validate"

Core Synonyms (Emphasizing confirmation of truth or accuracy):

• Confirm: This is a very common and versatile synonym.
• Verify: Similar to confirm, but often implies a more formal or rigorous process of checking.
• Substantiate: Means to provide evidence to support a claim or statement.
• Corroborate: Means to support with additional evidence or proof.
• Authenticate: Means to prove that something is genuine or what it is claimed to be.

Synonyms with a Focus on Approval or Acceptance:

• Endorse: Means to publicly support or approve of something.
• Ratify: Means to formally approve or confirm something, often a treaty or agreement.
• Sanction: Means to give official permission or approval to something.

Synonyms with a Focus on Making Something Legally Valid:

• Legalize: Means to make something lawful.
• Legitimize: Similar to legalize, but can also imply making something socially acceptable.

Synonyms with a Focus on Practical Effectiveness:

• Demonstrate: Means to show clearly by example or evidence.
• Prove: Means to show beyond doubt that something is true.
• Justify: Means to show or prove that something is right or reasonable.

Which word to choose?

• Use confirm or verify for general situations where you want to check the truth or accuracy of something.
• Use substantiate when providing evidence is key.
• Use corroborate when additional evidence supports something already believed.
• Use authenticate when genuineness is the focus.
• Use endorse or ratify when giving public approval or formal agreement.
• Use legalize or legitimize when making something legally or socially acceptable.
• Use demonstrate, prove, or justify when showing practical effectiveness or rightness is the goal.

Examples:

• "Please validate my parking ticket." (Confirm)
• "The scientist verified the results of the experiment." (Verify)
• "The witness corroborated the victim's story." (Corroborate)
• "The company endorsed the new safety regulations." (Endorse)
• "The evidence demonstrated the effectiveness of the new treatment." (Demonstrate)

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By Jerry Ramonyai