substantiating

Definitions

Providing evidence to support or prove the truth of something.

Giving physical existence or substance to an idea or claim.

Examples

The detective spent hours substantiating the witness's claims with physical evidence found at the scene.

She provided several documents substantiating her argument that the company had violated safety regulations.

Synonyms

verifying confirming validating corroborating proving authenticating supporting

Antonyms

refuting disproving contradicting debunking invalidating negating denying