refute

Other forms of refute

past tense

refuted·

present participle

refuting·

third person

refutes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about refute

What does refute mean?

refute means "overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in refute?

refute has 2 syllables: re-fute. The stress falls on "fute". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈfjut/.

What is another word for refute?

Close synonyms include rebut, rebut, controvert. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is refute a common word?

refute is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.