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controvert
Overview of verb controvert
The verb controvert has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. oppose, controvert, contradict -- (be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion")
2. refute, rebut, controvert -- (prove to be false or incorrect)
Antonyms of verb controvert
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb controvert
2 senses of controvert
Sense 1
oppose, controvert, contradict
=> refute, rebut
=> renounce, repudiate
=> reject
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
=> disprove, confute
=> negate, contradict
=> prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
=> confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb controvert
1 of 2 senses of controvert
Sense 1
oppose, controvert, contradict
=> veto, blackball, negative
=> protest, resist, dissent
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb controvert
2 senses of controvert
Sense 1
oppose, controvert, contradict
=> refute, rebut
Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
=> disprove, confute
'Cause To' of verb controvert
Derived Forms of verb controvert
Domain of verb controvert
Domain Terms of verb controvert
Familiarity of verb controvert
controvert used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb controvert
2 senses of controvert
Sense 1
oppose, controvert, contradict
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb controvert
2 senses of controvert
Sense 1
oppose, controvert, contradict
> refute, rebut
=> oppose, controvert, contradict
=> answer
Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
> disprove, confute
=> explode
=> refute, rebut, controvert
=> falsify
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb controvert
Sense 1
oppose, controvert, contradict
=> refute, rebut
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Sense 2
refute, rebut, controvert
=> disprove, confute
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Grep of verb controvert
controvert
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