disprove (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *disprove*:
VERB	cognition	disprove, confute	prove to be false

disprove > pronunciation
Sounds	dihspruw'v
Rhymes	approve ... remove: 10 rhymes with uwv...

English > *disprove*: 1 sense > verb 1, cognition
Meaning	prove to be false.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Example	"The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
Synonym	confute
Narrower	explode	show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
	falsify	prove false
	refute, rebut, controvert	prove to be false / false or incorrect
Broader	negate, contradict	prove negative
Opposite	prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew	Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment / experiment
Spanish	refutar
Nouns	disprover	a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument

HyperDic: disprove