debunked

The word “debunked” has 2 syllables: de-bunked

It's pronounced as /dɪˈbʌŋkt/


What is synonym and antonym for debunked?

In the thesaurus, “debunked” has 91 synonyms and 50 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for debunked along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for debunked

  • apparent
  • bare
  • bared
  • belied
  • blew the whistle on
  • broken
  • brought down to earth
  • brought to light
  • caught
  • challenged
  • clear
  • confounded
  • confuted
  • contested
  • debated
  • defined
  • demolished
  • denuded
  • disabused
  • disclosed
  • disconfirmed
  • discovered
  • discredited
  • discussed
  • disenchanted
  • disenthralled
  • disentranced
  • disproved
  • divulged
  • doubted
  • dug up
  • embittered
  • enlightened
  • evident
  • exhibited
  • exposed
  • falsified
  • for show
  • found out
  • freed
  • gave the lie to
  • indifferent
  • knowing
  • laid bare
  • let-down
  • made manifest
  • manifest
  • mistrusted
  • mondaine
  • mooted
  • nailed
  • naked
  • on display
  • on view
  • on-the-spot
  • open
  • out of love
  • overthrew
  • overturned
  • peeled
  • punctured
  • queried
  • questioned
  • rebutted
  • refuted
  • resolved
  • revealed
  • sadder and wiser
  • shattered
  • shot down
  • showed up
  • shown
  • solved
  • sophisticated
  • stripped
  • talked over
  • told
  • uncloaked
  • unconcealed
  • uncovered
  • undeceived
  • undressed
  • unhidden
  • unmasked
  • unprotected
  • unsealed
  • unsheltered
  • unveiled
  • visible
  • worldly
  • worldly-wise

Antonyms for debunked

  • adduced
  • ambiguous
  • attested
  • authenticated
  • blocked
  • buttressed
  • camouflaged
  • certified
  • cloaked
  • closed
  • clothed
  • concealed
  • confirmed
  • corroborated
  • demonstrated
  • disguised
  • displayed
  • documented
  • enchanted
  • encouraged
  • enthusiastic
  • established
  • evidenced
  • evinced
  • guarded
  • hid
  • hidden
  • identified
  • illustrated
  • manifested
  • masked
  • obscure
  • private
  • protected
  • proved
  • recorded
  • safe
  • secret
  • secreted
  • sheltered
  • shielded
  • showed
  • substantiated
  • supported
  • unclear
  • vague
  • validated
  • veiled
  • verified
  • witnessed

Meanings of debunked

  • verb
    1. To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

Example Sentences

  • The expert debunked the myths about the supposed health benefits of the product.
  • Many of the rumors about the celebrity have been debunked by reliable sources.
  • The documentary successfully debunked several misconceptions about the event.
  • After years of speculation, the theory was finally debunked by the researchers.
  • The scientist debunked the idea that the new technology could solve all environmental problems.

On this page you'll find 141 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to debunked, such as: adduced, ambiguous, apparent, attested, authenticated, bare, bared.

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Related Words

bared

  • acknowledged
  • admitted
  • advertised
  • announced
  • apparent
  • au naturel
  • avowed
  • bald
  • bare
  • bare-skinned
  • barren
  • betrayed
  • blabbed
  • blazed
  • broadcast
  • broadcasted
  • brought out
  • brought to light
  • caught
  • clear
  • communicated
  • conceded
  • confessed
  • confided
  • debunked
  • declared
  • defenseless
  • defined
  • denuded
  • disclosed
  • discovered
  • disinterred
  • disrobed
  • divested
  • divulged
  • dug up
  • evident
  • exhibited
  • exposed
  • for show
  • found out
  • gave away
  • helpless
  • imparted
  • in dishabille
  • in the altogether
  • in the buff
  • in the raw
  • informed
  • laid bare
  • leafless
  • leaked
  • made manifest
  • manifest
  • naked
  • natural
  • nude
  • on display
  • on view
  • on-the-spot
  • open
  • owned
  • peeled
  • placarded
  • posted
  • proclaimed
  • promulgated
  • publicized
  • published
  • raked up
  • related
  • resolved
  • revealed
  • shared
  • showed up
  • shown
  • smoked out
  • solved
  • sounded
  • spilled
  • spilt
  • squealed
  • stark naked
  • stripped
  • talked
  • told
  • unbosomed
  • unclad
  • uncloaked
  • unclothed
  • unconcealed
  • uncovered
  • undraped
  • undressed
  • unearthed
  • unhidden
  • unmasked
  • unprotected
  • unsealed
  • unsheltered
  • unveiled
  • visible
  • vulnerable
  • without a stitch

falsified

  • apocryphal
  • belied
  • bent
  • bowdlerized
  • camouflaged
  • censored
  • challenged
  • colored
  • complicated
  • confounded
  • confused
  • confuted
  • contested
  • cooked
  • debated
  • debunked
  • disconfirmed
  • discredited
  • discussed
  • disguised
  • disproved
  • dissembled
  • distorted
  • doubted
  • equivocated
  • fibbed
  • fudged
  • garbled
  • gave the lie to
  • lied
  • masked
  • misdescribed
  • misinterpreted
  • misrelated
  • misrepresented
  • misspoke
  • misstated
  • mistook
  • mistranslated
  • mistrusted
  • mooted
  • mystified
  • obscured
  • overthrew
  • overturned
  • paltered
  • perverted
  • prevaricated
  • pseudepigraphic
  • pseudological
  • queried
  • questioned
  • rebutted
  • refuted
  • shot down
  • slanted
  • talked over
  • twisted
  • veiled
  • warped
  • whitewashed

gave the lie to

nailed

  • abducted
  • abiding
  • absolute
  • adjusted
  • affirmed
  • airtight
  • anchored
  • apprehended
  • arrested
  • assured
  • at a standstill
  • at rest
  • attached
  • bagged
  • balanced
  • banged
  • bashed
  • batted
  • battered
  • bayed
  • beaned
  • beat
  • belted
  • biffed
  • blew the whistle on
  • blind
  • blocked
  • bludgeoned
  • bobbed
  • bolted
  • bonked
  • bopped
  • bound
  • boxed
  • braced
  • brained
  • brick-wall
  • buffeted
  • bumped
  • bunged
  • bunted
  • bust
  • busted
  • butted
  • buttoned-down
  • calm
  • caned
  • captured
  • categorical
  • caught
  • cemented
  • choking
  • chopped
  • cinched
  • clapped
  • clapt
  • clarified
  • clasped
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • clinched
  • clipped
  • clobbered
  • clocked
  • closed
  • clouted
  • clubbed
  • clumped
  • clutched
  • collared
  • committed
  • concluded
  • confined
  • conked
  • copped
  • cornered
  • corralled
  • cracked
  • cramping
  • creamed
  • crushing
  • cudgeled
  • cudgelled
  • cuffed
  • cutting
  • debunked
  • decided
  • decked
  • deep-rooted
  • defined
  • demolished
  • demonstrated
  • destined
  • detained
  • determined
  • disclosed
  • discredited
  • disproved
  • distinct
  • divulged
  • drubbed
  • dumped
  • durable
  • embedded
  • emphatic
  • enchained
  • ended
  • enduring
  • enmeshed
  • ensnared
  • ensured
  • entangled
  • entrapped
  • equable
  • established
  • even
  • explicit
  • exposed
  • express
  • fast
  • fastened
  • fated
  • felled
  • fettered
  • finished
  • firm
  • fisted
  • fixed
  • flailed
  • flicked
  • flogged
  • floored
  • for sure
  • fortified
  • frozen
  • glommed
  • gloved
  • got
  • grabbed
  • grappled
  • grasped
  • gripped
  • haltered
  • hammered
  • handcuffed
  • held
  • hermetic
  • hermetically sealed
  • hit
  • hitched
  • hooked
  • hung one on
  • illuminated
  • immeshed
  • immobile
  • immobilized
  • immotile
  • immovable
  • immured
  • immutable
  • impenetrable
  • impermeable
  • impervious
  • imprisoned
  • in the bag
  • incarcerated
  • indisputable
  • inert
  • insured
  • interned
  • invariable
  • iron
  • jabbed
  • jailed
  • jostled
  • jugged
  • kicked
  • kidnaped
  • kidnapped
  • kneed
  • knocked
  • knocked down
  • laced
  • lambasted
  • landed
  • lashed
  • lassoed
  • lasting
  • leveled
  • levelled
  • licked
  • located
  • locked
  • made fast
  • manacled
  • mangled
  • mauled
  • meshed
  • moored
  • motionless
  • mounted
  • nabbed
  • nailed down
  • netted
  • nicked
  • nobbled
  • obstructed
  • on ice
  • padlocked
  • parked
  • pasted
  • pat
  • pelted
  • peppered
  • perdurable
  • permanent
  • petrified
  • picked up
  • pinched
  • pinching
  • plugged
  • poised
  • poked
  • pommeled
  • pommelled
  • positive
  • pounded
  • prearranged
  • predetermined
  • prodded
  • pronounced
  • proof
  • proved
  • pulled in
  • pummeled
  • pummelled
  • punched
  • pushed
  • quiescent
  • quiet
  • rabbit-punched
  • ran in
  • rapped
  • rearrested
  • reliable
  • remanded
  • rended
  • rent
  • resolute
  • resolved
  • restrained
  • rigid
  • riveted
  • robust
  • rooted
  • roped
  • roughed
  • runaway
  • safe
  • safe and sound
  • sapped
  • screwed
  • scuffed
  • secure
  • secured
  • seized
  • set
  • set in stone
  • settled
  • shackled
  • short
  • shoved
  • showed
  • showed up
  • shrunken
  • shut
  • situated
  • skintight
  • skulled
  • slammed
  • slapped
  • slashed
  • sledged
  • sledgehammered
  • slogged
  • slugged
  • smacked
  • smote
  • smothering
  • snagged
  • snapped
  • snared
  • snatched
  • socked
  • soldered
  • solid
  • solid as a rock
  • sound
  • speared
  • specified
  • spiked
  • stabbed
  • stabile
  • stable
  • stagnant
  • stalwart
  • stamped
  • standing
  • stated
  • static
  • stationary
  • staunch
  • staying put
  • steadfast
  • steady
  • stiff
  • still
  • stipulated
  • stock-still
  • stolid
  • stopped up
  • stout
  • stroked
  • strong
  • struck
  • sturdy
  • substantial
  • sucker punched
  • sure
  • swatted
  • swiped
  • switched
  • tagged
  • tapped
  • taut
  • tenacious
  • thrashed
  • thumped
  • thwacked
  • tied
  • tied-up
  • tight
  • tightened
  • together
  • told
  • tough
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • trapped
  • unalterable
  • unambiguous
  • unchangeable
  • uncloaked
  • uncomfortable
  • uncovered
  • undeniable
  • undisputed
  • undressed
  • unequivocal
  • unfluctuating
  • uniform
  • unmasked
  • unmistakable
  • unmovable
  • unmoving
  • unquestionable
  • unshakable
  • unvarying
  • unveiled
  • unwavering
  • walloped
  • watertight
  • welded
  • well-built
  • well-founded
  • whacked
  • whaled
  • whipped
  • wrested
  • zapped

negated

  • abated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • avoided
  • bad
  • banned
  • broke down
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • challenged
  • confuted
  • contradicted
  • countermanded
  • dead
  • debunked
  • denied
  • derided
  • did away with
  • disaffirmed
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • disavowed
  • disbelieved
  • disclaimed
  • disconfirmed
  • discredited
  • dismissed
  • disowned
  • disproved
  • disputed
  • dissolved
  • distrusted
  • doubted
  • dropped
  • eliminated
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forceless
  • fruitless
  • gainsaid
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inoperative
  • invalid
  • invalidated
  • liquidated
  • mistrusted
  • negatived
  • not viable
  • nugatory
  • null
  • null and void
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • outlawed
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • pooh-poohed
  • poohed
  • prohibited
  • quashed
  • rebutted
  • recalled
  • refuted
  • rejected
  • removed
  • repealed
  • repudiated
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • set aside
  • sterile
  • struck down
  • suspected
  • suspended
  • threw out
  • traversed
  • unconfirmed
  • unenforceable
  • unfruitful
  • unratified
  • unsanctioned
  • unsuccessful
  • useless
  • vacated
  • vain
  • vetoed
  • voided
  • withdrew
  • worthless
  • wrote off

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