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Reject

🔄 Synonyms of "Reject"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
disdainnoun	(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
scornnoun	(transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
declinenoun	The act of declining or refusing something.
spurnverb	(ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
refuseverb	(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
cullverb	To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
turn downverb	(idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
pooh-poohverb	(transitive) To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish.
disapproveverb	To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
turn awayverb	(transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
rule outverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
pass upverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To refuse (not accept); forgo.
freeze offverb	reject with contempt

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
sanctionnoun	(chiefly in the plural) A penalty, punishment, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
admitverb	(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
acceptverb	(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
okaynoun	Alternative spelling of OK. [All right, acceptable, permitted.]
approveverb	(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
let inverb	(transitive) To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in.
allow inverb	allow to enter; grant entry to
oknoun	All right, acceptable, permitted.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
turn downverb	(idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
refuseverb	(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
disapproveverb	To have or express an unfavorable opinion.
turn awayverb	(transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
spurnverb	(ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
scornverb	(transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
disdainverb	(transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
declineverb	The act of declining or refusing something.
cullverb	To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
pass upverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To refuse (not accept); forgo.
rule outverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
pooh-poohverb	(transitive) To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish.
freeze offverb	reject with contempt
refusalnoun	The act of refusing.
rejectionnoun	The act of rejecting.
repudiationnoun	The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
disallowverb	To refuse to allow.
repudiateverb	(transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
denyverb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.