gainsaid

Meaning of gainsaid

verb, past tense
  1. deny or contradict (a fact or statement).
    the impact of the railways cannot be gainsaid

Middle English: from obsolete gain- ‘against’ + say.

Information about gainsaid

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of gainsaid

gain-said

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • gainsaid is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

gainsaid synonyms

Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:

deny

Meaning question whether (a statement or alleged fact) is true or valid:

dispute

Meaning deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite:

contradict

Meaning deny the truth or validity of:

repudiate

Meaning dispute the truth or validity of:

challenge

Meaning actively resist (a person or system):

oppose

Meaning engage in competition to attain (a position of power):

contest

Meaning a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria:

counter

Meaning prove that (something) is false:

disprove

Meaning expose the falseness or hollowness of (an idea or belief):

debunk

Meaning show (a belief or theory) to be false or unfounded:

explode

Meaning harm the good reputation of:

discredit

Meaning deny or contradict (a statement or accusation):

refute

Meaning claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false:

rebut

Meaning repudiate; declare void:

disaffirm

Meaning deny the truth of (something):

controvert

Meaning prove (a person or an assertion or accusation) to be wrong:

confute

gainsaid antonyms

Meaning establish the truth or correctness of (something previously believed or suspected to be the case):

confirm

Words that rhyme with gainsaid

said, Ealasaid, Resaid, abovesaid, aforesaid, beforesaid, foresaid, presaid, resaid, selfsaid, soothsaid, southsaid, arisaid, Ansaid, Nsaid, Pennsaid, ansaid, nsaid, ungainsaid, unsaid, forsaid, oversaid, undersaid, missaid, outsaid, naysaid

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