confute

Synonyms:

disprove

Antonyms:

demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

Types:

explode

show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete

controvert, rebut, refute

prove to be false or incorrect

falsify

prove false

Type of:

contradict, negate

prove negative; show to be false