Verb

• S: (v) contradict, belie, negate (be in contradiction with)
• S: (v) contradict, negate, contravene (deny the truth of)
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) disagree, differ, dissent, take issue (be of different opinions) "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
• S: (v) dissent (withhold assent) "Several Republicans dissented"
• S: (v) clash (disagree violently) "We clashed over the new farm policies"
• S: (v) contradict, negate, contravene (deny the truth of)
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s something
• S: (v) negate, contradict (prove negative; show to be false)
• S: (v) neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate (make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of) "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"