Synonyms of verifying

verifying 1 of 2

adjective

as in confirming

serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something

failed to produce any verifying evidence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confirming
• supporting
• supportive
• substantiating
• confirmational
• corroborative
• supplementary
• confirmatory
• corroborating
• probative
• vindicating
• corroboratory
• auxiliary
• probatory
• beneficial
• helpful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuting
• disproving
• contradictory
• opposing
• counter
• contrary
• confuting

verifying

2 of 2

verb

present participle of verify

as in arguing

to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of

the dispatcher was able to verify the caller's location

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confirming
• arguing
• supporting
• validating
• certifying
• authenticating
• corroborating
• proving
• attesting
• vindicating
• substantiating
• demonstrating
• witnessing
• establishing
• affirming
• reinforcing
• bearing out
• documenting
• guaranteeing
• testifying (to)
• asserting
• declaring
• backing (up)
• warranting
• averring
• professing
• vouching (for)
• avouching
• avowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuting
• disproving
• rebutting
• denying
• contradicting
• disclaiming
• disavowing
• questioning
• contesting
• challenging
• disputing
• gainsaying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of verifying

Verb

Severe disruptions to internet and cellphone networks have made gathering and verifying information from Tigray difficult. — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

In the middle, verifying the work requires nearly as much labor as doing it. — Adriana Munoz Vergara, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol focuses on verifying agent identity and authorization. — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Workers also assembled the parts in a trial run, verifying that every component matches the blueprints. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Around the same time, OpenAI researcher Boris Alexeev managed to formalize the proof, verifying its correctness step-by-step using the programming language Lean. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026

Health Minister Roger Kamba said in July that the government was verifying payroll lists after the names of people not involved in the response were added. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Authority officials, including chief executive Ian Choudri, improperly signed off on $680,500 worth of payments without verifying if the services were truly necessary, according to the OIG, in violation of state regulations. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Discussions about limiting Iran’s nuclear program are formidably complex, with challenges that are both technical (determining the speeds of centrifuges that can be used) and diplomatic (verifying the Iranians’ often dubious claims of disarmament). — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026