English dictionary

disprove

/d/I/s'pr/u/v/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

prove to be false

verb.cognition

Examples
The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories.

Synonyms confute

Antonyms demonstrate establish prove shew show

Source: WordNet 3.0
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

verb

Source: webster1913