Rebut

Definitions: Rebut

Rebut

Verb

1. Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments".

2. Prove to be false or incorrect.

Date "rebut" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Synonyms: Rebut

Synonyms: controvert (v), refute (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Answer	Verb: answer, respond, reply, rebut, retort, rejoin; give for answer, return for answer; acknowledge, echo.
Confutation	Verb: confute, refute, disprove; parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat; demolish, break; (destroy); overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate; silence; put to silence, reduce to silence; clinch an argument, clinch a question; give one a setdown, stop the mouth, shut up; have, have on the hip.
Evidence	Verb: countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut; (refute); subvert; (destroy); cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict; (deny); tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a negative.
Negation	Repudiate; set aside, ignore; rebut; (confute); qualify; refuse.
	Dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question; (doubt); give (one) the lie in his throat.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Rebut

English words defined with "rebut": Rebutted, Rebutting. (references)

Etymologies containing "rebut": Surrebut. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Rebut" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Catalan (receipt), French (scum, sweepings), Romanian (jetsam, refuse, reject, rubbish, scrap, scum, spoilage, trash).

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Bartleby ou Les hommes au rebut (1993)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Le preneur de rebut : brève enqu�te sur un malentendu littéraire ; suivie de deux lettres illustrantes (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Swaziland	However, the Government uses the same media to rebut such allegations. (references)
Human Rights	Malaysia	Anwar was denied the ability to rebut evidence of sexual misconduct presented by prosecution witnesses when the judge, at the end of the prosecution's case, allowed prosecutors to amend the charges, and then expunged the record of all evidence of sexual misconduct. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Rebut" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 93.02% of the time. "Rebut" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	93.02%	40	54,274
Lexical Verb (base form)	6.98%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	43	N/A

Language		Translations for "rebut"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rrëzoj (blow, bring down, chop down, defeat, demolish, depolarise, depose, destroy, dethrone, disenthrone, dismount, disprove, down, drop, eradiate, fail, fell, floor, kill, knock out, overthrow, plough, plow, pull down, pull over, push down, push over, rase, raze, sink, spill, wreck), kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebuke, recalcitrate, refuse, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to), hedh poshtë (censure, confute, contradict, controvert, decline, demolish, detrude, disclaim, disprove, dispute, knock out, push aside, refute, reject, repudiate, sweep away, turn down, wave aside). (various references)

Arabic		‏فند (confute, controvert, disprove, impugn, oppugn, refute), ‏نكر (contradict, controvert, deny, deny oneself, disallow, disbelieve, disclaim, gainsay, negate, negative, recant, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, unreel), ‏ناقض (belie, contradict), ‏رد (answer, answer back, beat, counter, disallow, drive back, pay, pay back, put off, rebound, rebuff, rebuttal, rejoinder, render, repay, repayment, repercussion, reply, respond, response, retrieve, return, reverberate, reversion, riposte, spurn, turn away), ‏دفع بالحجة, ‏دحض (break, confute, demolish, disclaim, disproof, disprove, falsification, falsify, negative, objection, rebuttal, refutation, refute, squash). (various references)

Bulgarian		отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast away, cast down, challenge, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, except, exclude, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebuff, refuse, refute, renounce, repudiate, scout, set aside, throw back, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), оборвам (controvert, explode, meet, refute, repulse), опровергавам (belie, confute, contradict, deflate, deny, disprove, impugn, negative, overturn, refute). (various references)

Chinese		反驳 (Disaffirm, Disprove, Disproved, Disproving, Rebutted, Rebutting, refute, Refuted, Refuting). (various references)

Czech		vyvrátit (confute, dispel, disprove, explode, falsify, refute), odrazit (beat, beat off, fend, fend off, fight off, force back, hold off, intercept, push off, repel, repulse, return, ricochet, shove off, strike back, throw back, ward off). (various references)

Danish		vælte en formodning (to rebut a presumption), tilbagevise udtalelser,som er faldet under forhandlingen (to rebut remarks that have been made in the course of the debate). (various references)

Dutch		uitlatingen die bij de beraadslaging...tegenspreken (to rebut remarks that have been made in the course of the debate), tegenbewijs tegen het vermoeden (proof to rebut the presumption), een rechtsvermoeden omverwerpen (to rebut a presumption). (various references)

Farsi		پس زدن (Backlash, Rebound, Recoil, Setback), جواب متقابل دادن (Retort), ردکردن (Balk, Confute, Controvert, Decline, Deny, Disallow, Disapprove, Disavow, Disclaim, Disown, Disprove, Gainsay, Ignore, Impugn, Overrule, Rebuff, Refuse, Refute, Rejcet, Repel, Repudiate, Veto), برگرداندن (Convert, Evoke, Reflect, Refract, Regurgitate, Repay, Retort, Return, Reverse, Turquoise, Upset, Vomit). (various references)

French		réfuter (refute, renege, to rebut). (various references)

German		widerlegen (belie, confute, disprove, falsify, prove wrong, refute, to confute, to disprove, to refute, vitiate). (various references)

Greek		αντικρούω (confute, contravene, controvert, counter to, impugn, oppose, oppugn, rebuff, refute, rejoin, stem, thwart, traverse, withstand). (various references)

Hebrew		לשלול (bereave, contradict, deny, deprive, disapprove, negate, refuse, veto), ל�"פריך (belie, confute, disprove, refute), ל�"כחיש (deny, disclaim, repudiate), לסתור (contradict, destroy, disarray, dishevel, invalidate, oppose, refute, upset). (various references)

Hungarian		visszaver (beat off, echo, give back, re echo, repulse, reverberate, to glint, to parry, to rebut, to reflect, to repel, to repulse, to reverberate, to throw back), megcáfol (contradict, disprove, refute, repel, to belie, to confute, to disprove, to negative, to rebut, to refute). (various references)

Indonesian		menangkis (parry, repel, repulse, ward off). (various references)

Italian		rifiutare (decline, deny, disallow, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, throw over, turn down, withhold), controbattere, confutare (confute, disprove, refute). (various references)

Manx		floutyraght (mock, reproach, scorn, slander, stigmatize), floutey (mock), cur y breag er (rebuttal). (various references)

Pig Latin		ebutray

Portuguese		replicar (act up, answer, confute, rejoin, repeat, reply, respond, retort, return), rejeitar (cast off, condemn, confute, daff, deny, disapprove, disavow, discard, discern, disclaim, get up the better, negative, overrule, pill, pip, put by, rebuff, refuse, reject, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, throw out, turn down), refutar (confute, disputable, ikon, impugnable, meet, negative, oppugn, refute, scout), recusar (balk, challenge, confute, decline, deny, dismiss, pill, pishogue, put back, refuse, reject, reprobate, repulse, set aside, turn down, withhold). (various references)

Romanian		respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), refuza (decline, deny, disallow, foreclose, jib at, put back, refuse, reject, repudiate, repulse, resist). (various references)

Russian		опровергать (belie, confute, contradict, deflate, disprove, impugn, negate, negative, rebutted, rebutting, refute, tear down). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pobiti (confute, disprove, kill, refute), opovrgnuti (confute, deny, refute, undo, unsay). (various references)

Spanish		refutar (confute, disproof, disprove, explode, meet, refute). (various references)

Swedish		vederlägga (belie, confute, disprove, disproving, explode, falsify, refute), motbevisa (disproving). (various references)

Thai		โต้แย้ง (make out a case (against / for), side against). (various references)

Turkish		reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), aksini ispat etmek, çürütmek (canker, cause to rot, confute, controvert, contuse, corrode, corrupt, decay, decompose, disproof, disprove, explode, molder, moulder, pick to pieces, putrefy, refute, rot, stultify). (various references)

Ukranian		спростовувати (confute, demolish, deny, disapprove, disprove, negate, negative, nill, overturn, refute, repulse), відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negate, negative, non-concur, override, overturn, push back, reject, reprobate, repudiate, set aside, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, turn down, wave aside, wave away), оспорювати (challenge, contest, contravene, controvert, quarrel). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	refutare. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "rebut": rebuts, rebuttable, rebuttal, rebuttals, rebutted, rebutter, rebutters, rebutting, rebutton, rebuttoned, rebuttoning, rebuttons. (additional references)
	Words containing "rebut": surrebutter, surrebutters. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Rebut" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ebut, Erdut, erubt, fembot, Geburt, Nebout, Rabbuh, Rabout, rbet, reaut, rebab, rebait, rebat, rebeat, Rebeuh, reblut, rebo, reboc, rebolt, rebost, Rebour, Reboux, rebu, rebuf, rebul, rebust, rebute, rebutl, rebutt, rebuy, Reduta, reduty, refut, rejut, reput, requ, reub, ribet, ribit, ribot, Rimbault, rimbaut, Robaut, rubu. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "rebut" (pronounced rubu"t or rēbu"t)
4	-u b u" t	abut.
3	-b u" t	but, butt.
3	-b u" t	abut, but, butt.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: brute, buret, tuber.
	Words within the letters "b-e-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: brut, bute, rube, true, tube.
	-2 letters: bet, bur, but, reb, ret, rub, rue, rut, tub, urb.
	-3 letters: be, er, et, re, ut.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: arbute, brunet, bruted, brutes, bunter, burets, burnet, buster, butler, butter, rebuts, tubber, tubers.
	+2 letters: abutter, arbutes, becrust, becurst, blunter, blurted, blurter, bluster, briquet, bruited, bruiter, brunets, brutely, bunters, burette, burkite, burnets, bursate, bursted, burster, burthen, busters, bustier, butcher, butlers, butlery, butters, buttery, doubter, embrute, imbrute, obtrude, obtuser, outbred, perturb, puberty, rebuilt, redoubt, rubiest, subrent, subtler, subvert, terbium, tribune, tribute, trouble, tubbers, tubbier, tumbler, tumbrel, turbeth, turbine.
	+3 letters: abrupter, abstruse, abutters, arbutean, aubretia, aubrieta, baluster, barguest, becrusts, blurters, blusters, blustery, bourtree, braunite, breadnut, breakout, briquets, bruiters, brunette, bruskest, budgeter, buffeter, burettes, burgonet, burkites, burliest, burriest, bursters, burstone, burthens, bustiers, butchers, butchery, buttered, buttoner, buttress, butyrate, carburet, cubature, doubters, drawtube, drumbeat, embruted, embrutes, eurybath, imbruted, imbrutes, obdurate, obtruded, obtruder, obtrudes, obturate, outbrave, outbreak, outbreed, outbribe, perturbs, pubertal, rebought, rebuttal, rebutted, rebutter, rebutton, redoubts, resubmit, robuster, rustable, saboteur, stubbier, stumbler, subentry, suberect, subrents, subtiler, subtrend, subtribe, subverts, taboured, tabourer, tabouret, terbiums, thurible, tribunes, tributes, troubled, troubler, troubles, trueblue, trueborn, truebred, tubercle, tuberoid, tuberose, tuberous, tubework, tubulure, tumblers, tumbrels, turbaned, turbeths, turbines, turbojet, turnable, umbrette, unbitter, urbanest, urbanite.
	+4 letters: abruptest, absoluter, abstruser, absurdest, adumbrate, arboretum, arbutuses, attribute, aubretias, aubrietas, bacterium, balusters, banqueter, barguests, barquette, becrusted, bifurcate, blueprint, blurriest, blustered, blusterer, bourtrees, braunites, breadnuts, breakouts, briquette, brunettes, brushiest, brusquest, brutalise, brutalize, brutified, brutifies, budgetary, budgeteer, budgeters, buffeters, buhrstone, burbliest, burgonets, burrstone, burstones, burthened, butchered, butcherly, butleries, buttercup, butterfat, butterfly, butterier, butteries, buttering, butternut, buttoners, butyrates, carburets, crumbiest, cubatures, curbstone, debenture, disturbed, disturber, drawtubes, drumbeats, embruting, eruptible, eurybaths, exuberant, exuberate, grubbiest, grubstake, heartburn, hereabout, interclub, jitterbug, litterbug, lubricate, objurgate, obscurest, obtruders, obtrusive, obturated, obturates, outbarked, outbraved, outbraves, outbreaks, outbreeds, outbribed, outbribes, outburned, outnumber, overbuilt, overburnt, perturbed, puberties, rebuttals, rebutters, rebutting, rebuttons, recumbent, refutable, refutably, reputable, reputably, resubmits, robustest, rubbliest, rubellite, rubricate, saboteurs, saturable, scrutable, sobriquet, sodbuster, soubrette, stubblier, stumblers, subaltern, subcenter, subeditor, submarket, subrogate, subsector, substrate, subtrends, subtribes, subverted, subverter, subwriter, sunbather, superbest, tablature, tabourers, tabourets, tamboured, tambourer, tarbushes, tenebrous, tenurable, thuribles, tilburies, trabecula, trebuchet, trebucket, tribulate, tribunate, troublers, trueblues, trustable, tubercles, tuberoses, tubeworks, tubulures, turbanned, turbaries, turbidite, turbinate, turbojets, turbulent, turntable, umbrettes, unstabler, urbanites, utterable, waterbuck, ytterbium.
	+5 letters: abductores, abruptness, abstrusely, abstrusest, acetabular, adumbrated, adumbrates, arboretums, attributed, attributes, balustrade, bankrupted, banqueters, barquettes, beautifier, becrusting, bifurcated, bifurcates, bijouterie, bistouries, bladdernut, blueprints, blusterers, blustering, blusterous, boilersuit, boisterous, breadfruit, breadstuff, briquetted, briquettes, brutalised, brutalises, brutalized, brutalizes, budgeteers, buhrstones, bureaucrat, burrstones, bursitises, burthening, bushmaster, butcheries, butchering, butterball, buttercups, butterfats, butterfish, butteriest, butterless, buttermilk, butternuts, butterweed, butterwort, buttressed, buttresses, carbureted, carburetor, contribute, counterbid, crumbliest, curbstones, debentures, distribute, disturbers, drumbeater, dumbwaiter, earthbound, elucubrate, eurybathic, extrudable, exuberated, exuberates, exurbanite, filibuster, gangbuster, grubstaked, grubstaker, grubstakes, heartburns, hereabouts, interurban, jitterbugs, litterbugs, lubricated, lubricates, masturbate, motorbuses, muliebrity, obdurately, obituaries, objurgated, objurgates, obstructed, orbiculate, outbragged, outbrawled, outnumbers, outrebound, overbought, overbrutal, oversubtle, permutable, perturbing, prepuberty, procumbent, puberulent, rebuttable, rebuttoned, returnable, robustness, roundtable, rouseabout, rubellites, rubricated, rubricates, scrubbiest, shrubbiest, shutterbug, sobriquets, sodbusters, soubrettes, soubriquet, stubborner, subalterns, subcenters, subcentral, subchapter, subcluster, subcordate, subculture, subeditors, subentries, submarkets, subnetwork, subprimate, subproject, subreption, subrogated, subrogates, subroutine, subsectors, substrates, subterfuge, subtracted, subtracter, subtrahend, subvariety, subverters, subverting, subwriters, sunbathers, superbitch, tablatures, tambourers, tambourine, tenebrious, thereabout, thumbscrew, trabeculae, trabecular, trabeculas, trebuchets, trebuckets, tribulated, tribulates, tribunates, triturable, trolleybus, tubercular, tuberculin, tuberosity, tumblerful, turbidites, turbidness, turbinated, turbinates, turbulence, turbulency, turnbuckle, turntables, turtleback, unbuttered, untroubled, urbanities, vestibular, waterbucks, whereabout, ytterbiums.
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