confirm
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
Other meanings
To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
Synonyms
- sustain
- support
Antonyms
- deny
- dispute
- question
Related words
- confirmingly
- confirmshaming
- autoconfirm
- confirmable
- confirmance
- confirmative
- confirmee
- deconfirm
- preconfirm
- unconfirm
- misconfirm
- reconfirm
Word history
From Latin "confirmo" (cōnfirmāre).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “confirm” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.