accept

accept

verb

Definition of ACCEPT

1

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly <some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins>

Synonyms accept, have

Related Words accede (to), assent (to), concede (to), confirm, consent (to), OK (or okay), ratify, sanction, warrant; acquiesce (to), bow (to), capitulate (to), give in (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to); abide, bear, brook, countenance, endure, shoulder, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, swallow, sweat out, tolerate; adopt, embrace, welcome

Near Antonyms dissent (to), object (to), oppose, protest; hold off, resist, withstand; combat, contest, fight

Antonyms decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down, veto

2

to have a favorable opinion of <her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family>

Synonyms accept, care (for), countenance, favor, OK (or okay), subscribe (to)

Related Words acclaim, applaud, laud, praise, salute; back (up), concur (in), stand by, support, sustain, uphold; bear, endure, tolerate; assent (to), consent (to); commend, recommend; enjoy, like

Near Antonyms blacklist, censure, condemn, criticize, damn, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, reprehend, reprobate; dislike, mind; detest, hate, loathe; dissent (from), object (to), oppose

Antonyms disapprove (of), discountenance, disfavor, frown (on or upon)

3

to regard as right or true <refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things>

Synonyms accept, buy, credit, swallow, take, trust

Related Words account, accredit, understand; assume, presume, suppose; conclude, deduce, infer

Near Antonyms distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect; challenge, dispute

Antonyms disbelieve, discredit, reject

4

to take to or upon oneself <accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations>

Synonyms accept, bear, shoulder, take over, undertake

Related Words adopt, embrace, take up; advocate, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), espouse, stand by, support, uphold; accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent; reaccept, reassume

Near Antonyms abjure, recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw; decline, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down; abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from); avoid, bypass, detour; abandon, abnegate, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrender; back down, back off, backtrack

Antonyms disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate

5

to put up with (something painful or difficult) <he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint>

Synonyms abide, absorb, accept, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]

Related Words allow, permit, suffer, swallow; reconcile (to); acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)

Near Antonyms decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down; combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist; avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss; abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)