negates

The word “negates” has 2 syllables: ne-gates

It's pronounced as /nɪˈɡeɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for negates?

In the thesaurus, “negates” has 125 synonyms and 78 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for negates

  • abate
  • abates
  • abolish
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • abrogate
  • abrogates
  • annihilate
  • annihilates
  • annul
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bans
  • belie
  • blackball
  • break with
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancel
  • cancel out
  • cancels
  • challenges
  • confutes
  • contradicts
  • controvert
  • countercheck
  • countermands
  • cross
  • debunks
  • denies
  • deny
  • derides
  • ding
  • disaffirm
  • disaffirms
  • disallow
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • disavows
  • disbelieves
  • disclaims
  • disconfirms
  • discredits
  • dismisses
  • disowns
  • disprove
  • disproves
  • disputes
  • dissolves
  • distrusts
  • does away with
  • doubts
  • drops
  • dump
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • fly in the face of
  • forbids
  • frustrate
  • gainsay
  • gainsays
  • impugn
  • invalidate
  • invalidates
  • kill
  • liquidates
  • mistrusts
  • negative
  • negatives
  • neutralize
  • nullifies
  • nullify
  • nulls
  • oppose
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • pooh-poohs
  • poohs
  • prohibits
  • put down
  • quash
  • quashes
  • rebut
  • rebuts
  • recalls
  • redress
  • refute
  • refutes
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeal
  • repeals
  • repudiates
  • rescind
  • rescinds
  • retract
  • retracts
  • reverse
  • reverses
  • revoke
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • sets aside
  • stonewall
  • strikes down
  • suspects
  • suspends
  • throws out
  • traverse
  • traverses
  • turn down
  • turn thumbs down
  • undo
  • vacates
  • vetoes
  • vitiate
  • void
  • voids
  • withdraws
  • writes off

Antonyms for negates

  • accepts
  • acknowledges
  • admits
  • adopts
  • affirms
  • agree
  • aid
  • allow
  • allows
  • announces
  • approve
  • approves
  • asserts
  • assist
  • authenticates
  • authorizes
  • avers
  • avows
  • believes
  • claims
  • clears
  • commands
  • concedes
  • confirm
  • confirms
  • corroborate
  • corroborates
  • credits
  • declares
  • decrees
  • do
  • embraces
  • enact
  • enacts
  • endorses
  • espouses
  • establish
  • establishes
  • formalizes
  • founds
  • go along
  • help
  • indorses
  • institute
  • institutes
  • keep
  • lays down
  • legalize
  • legalizes
  • legislates
  • legitimates
  • legitimizes
  • maintains
  • mandates
  • orders
  • owns
  • passes
  • permit
  • permits
  • prescribes
  • professes
  • prove
  • ratifies
  • ratify
  • sanction
  • sanctions
  • save
  • start
  • submits
  • substantiates
  • support
  • swallows
  • trusts
  • uphold
  • validate
  • validates
  • verifies
  • warrants

Meanings of negates

  • verb
    1. To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
    2. To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
    3. To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
    4. To perform the NOT operation on.

Example Sentences

  • The evidence presented in the trial negates the defendant's claim of innocence.
  • His constant interruptions negates any progress the team was trying to make during the meeting.
  • The new policy negates the need for the previous regulations that were in place.
  • This study negates the previous assumptions about the effectiveness of the treatment.
  • Her lack of experience negates the advantages she might have gained from her education.

On this page you'll find 203 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to negates, such as: abate, abates, abolish, abolishes, aborts, abrogate, abrogates.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abates

  • abbreviates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • abridges
  • abrogates
  • alleviates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bankrupts
  • bans
  • bereaves
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • cheats
  • clips
  • collapses
  • compresses
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • countermands
  • crops
  • curtails
  • cuts
  • cuts back
  • cuts down
  • de-escalates
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deducts
  • deflates
  • defrauds
  • dents
  • denudes
  • depletes
  • deprives
  • diminishes
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • discounts
  • disfurnishes
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • divests
  • docks
  • does away with
  • downscales
  • downsizes
  • drops
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • ebbs
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • evaporates
  • falls
  • falls away
  • flags
  • forbids
  • gives out
  • impoverishes
  • invalidates
  • knocks down
  • knocks off
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • liquidates
  • lowers
  • minimizes
  • moderates
  • modifies
  • modulates
  • negates
  • nicks
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • palls
  • pares
  • phases down
  • prohibits
  • prunes
  • qualifies
  • quashes
  • recalls
  • recedes
  • reduces
  • rejects
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • remits
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • retrenches
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • sets aside
  • shortchanges
  • shortens
  • shrinks
  • sinks
  • slackens
  • slashes
  • strikes down
  • strips
  • subsides
  • subtracts
  • suspends
  • takes off
  • tapers
  • tapers off
  • throws out
  • trims
  • truncates
  • vacates
  • vanishes
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wanes
  • weakens
  • whittles
  • withdraws
  • writes off

abdicates

abjures

  • abandons
  • abnegates
  • avoids
  • backs down
  • backs off
  • backtracks
  • bolts
  • bucks
  • checks
  • combats
  • constrains
  • contradicts
  • controverts
  • curbs
  • denies
  • disallows
  • disavows
  • disclaims
  • disowns
  • disproves
  • disputes
  • eschews
  • fights
  • forbears
  • foregoes
  • foreswears
  • forgoes
  • forsakes
  • forswears
  • gainsays
  • gives up
  • inhibits
  • negates
  • negatives
  • rebuts
  • recalls
  • recants
  • refuses
  • refutes
  • rejects
  • relinquishes
  • reneges
  • renounces
  • repeals
  • repudiates
  • retracts
  • revokes
  • shuns
  • spurns
  • surrenders
  • takes back
  • unsays
  • withdraws

abnegates

abolishes

  • abates
  • aborts
  • abrogates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • atomizes
  • avoids
  • bans
  • blacks out
  • blasts
  • blots out
  • blows up
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • consumes
  • countermands
  • cuts
  • dashes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • devours
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • discards
  • dismantles
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • ditches
  • does away with
  • dooms
  • drops
  • dynamites
  • effaces
  • ejects
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • excises
  • expels
  • expunges
  • exterminates
  • extirpates
  • finishes
  • flattens
  • forbids
  • fragments
  • invalidates
  • jettisons
  • kills
  • kills off
  • liquidates
  • negates
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • obliterates
  • ousts
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • powders
  • prohibits
  • pulverizes
  • quashes
  • ravages
  • razes
  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • sets aside
  • shatters
  • smashes
  • splinters
  • strikes down
  • suspends
  • tears down
  • terminates
  • throws out
  • totals
  • vacates
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • withdraws
  • wrecks
  • writes off
  • zaps

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