confutable | (adjective) able to be refuted | Synonyms: confutative, questionable, refutable |
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confutation | (noun) evidence that refutes conclusively | - |
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(noun) the speech act of refuting conclusively | - |
confutative | (adjective) able to be refuted | Synonyms: confutable, questionable, refutable |
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confute | (verb) prove to be false | Synonyms: disprove |
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confuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: disprover, rebutter, refuter |
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futile | (adjective) unproductive of success | Synonyms: bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain |
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(adjective) producing no result or effect | Synonyms: ineffectual, meaningless, otiose, unavailing |
futilely | (adverb) in a futile and unproductive manner | - |
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futility | (noun) uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result | - |
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futon | (noun) mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame | - |
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future | (adjective) yet to be or coming | - |
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(adjective) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened | - |
(adjective) (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving | Synonyms: next, succeeding |
(adjective) effective in or looking toward the future | - |
(noun) bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | - |
(noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future | Synonyms: future tense |
(noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: futurity, hereafter, time to come |
futureless | (adjective) having no prospect or hope of a future | - |
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futurism | (noun) the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future | - |
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(noun) an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age | - |
futurist | (adjective) of or relating to futurism | Synonyms: futuristic |
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(noun) someone who predicts the future | Synonyms: fantast |
(noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future | - |
futuristic | (adjective) of or relating to futurism | Synonyms: futurist |
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futuristics | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futurology |
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futurity | (noun) the quality of being in or of the future | - |
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(noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: future, hereafter, time to come |
futurology | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futuristics |
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irrefutable | (adjective) impossible to deny or disprove | Synonyms: incontrovertible, positive |
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refutable | (adjective) able to be refuted | Synonyms: confutable, confutative, questionable |
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refutal | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutation |
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refutation | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutal |
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(noun) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something | Synonyms: disproof, falsification |
(noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defence, defense |
refute | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: controvert, rebut |
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(verb) overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof | Synonyms: rebut |
refuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, disprover, rebutter |
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