Synonyms for verify
ˈvɛr əˌfaɪver·i·fy

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1. verify

   Synonyms:
   establish, confirm, fulfill, authenticate, substantiate, identify, realize, test, warrant, demonstrate

   Antonyms:
   disestablish, subvert, fail, falsify, mistake, misrepresent, misstate, disappoint, misdemonstrate

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1. verifyverb

   confirm the truth of

   "Please verify that the doors are closed"; "verify a claim"

   Synonyms:
   avow, aver, swear, control, swan, affirm, assert

2. control, verifyverb

   check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

   "Are you controlling for the temperature?"

   Synonyms:
   assure, ensure, ascertain, affirm, control, moderate, hold in, hold, manipulate, aver, assert, check, swan, keep in line, swear, operate, master, see to it, avow, command, insure, curb, see, contain

3. verifyverb

   attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)

   Synonyms:
   avow, aver, swear, control, swan, affirm, assert

4. affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swearverb

   to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

   "Before God I swear I am innocent"

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, depose, put forward, ramble, support, range, trust, bank, stray, rove, roll, rely, say, cast, imprecate, avouch, insist, wander, control, corroborate, assert, confirm, affirm, swan, curse, blaspheme, tramp, avow, allege, asseverate, aver, maintain, drift, sustain, substantiate, depone, roam, swear, cuss

Matched Categories

1. • Confirm
   • Declare
   • Law
   • Science
   • Test

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1. second glance

   to check several times that something is correct

   to look over an essay, test or assignment to check if all the words are spelled correctly

   Submitted by acronimous on May 26, 2014  

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1. verifyverb

   Synonyms:
   authenticate, confirm, substantiate, corroborate, attest, prove true, establish the truth or correctness of, make good

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1. verifyverb

   Synonyms:
   corroborate, confirm, attest, authenticate, prove

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1. List of paraphrases for "verify":

   check, verifying, verification, ascertain, checking, confirm, verified, ensure, test, audit, inspect, monitor, checked, verifiable, determine, see, verifies, validate, examine

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How to use verify in a sentence?

1. Le Foll:

   We have to verify this spying has finished, between allies this is unacceptable and incomprehensible. France does not spy on its allies.

2. Gary Owen:

   If there is any uncertainty, do not respond to requests for information, and go straight to the source to verify legitimacy if possible.

3. George Bernard Shaw:

   The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.

4. Speaker Paul Ryan:

   This is a moment where it is better to be safe than sorry. So we think the prudent, the responsible thing is to take a pause in this particular aspect of this refugee program in order to verify that terrorists are not trying to infiltrate the refugee population.

5. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

   And part of doing this is put the onus on employers, getting them E-Verify and tools to do that. But I don't think you do it through amnesty.