receive

receive

verb

Definition of RECEIVE

to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to <a top law-school grad who was received by the firm with open arms>

Synonyms enter, receive, take

Related Words entertain, welcome; fellowship; confirm, ratify

Near Antonyms decline, disallow, disapprove, dismiss, refuse, reject; blackball, blacklist, ostracize; banish, deport, exile, expel, oust, throw out

Antonyms ban, bar