substantiate
Verb
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- represent in bodily form
- "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
- make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
- "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
- solidify, firm, or strengthen
- "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country"
- To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate
- To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents
Origin / Etymology
From Medieval Latin substantiatus (“given substance”), from the verb substantiare, first used 1657.
Synonyms
actualise, actualize, affirm, body forth, confirm, corroborate, embody, incarnate, realise, realize, support, sustain
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
substantiate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsubstantiate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
substantiate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary