Synonyms of accept

accept 1 of 3

verb (1)

ik-ˈsept 

1

as in to have

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuse
• deny
• reject
• negative
• decline
• oppose
• disapprove
• resist
• object (to)
• protest
• dissent (to)
• spurn
• disallow
• withstand
• veto
• turn down
• fight
• combat
• contest
• hold off

2

as in to tolerate

to have a favorable opinion of

her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerate
• support
• approve (of)
• favor
• like
• enjoy
• OK
• subscribe (to)
• care (for)
• go for
• applaud
• countenance
• hold with
• recommend
• take kindly to
• sustain
• uphold
• endure
• praise
• salute
• stand by
• concur (in)
• commend
• consent (to)
• laud
• back (up)
• acclaim
• bear
• assent (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• criticize
• condemn
• denounce
• disapprove (of)
• frown (on or upon)
• disparage
• hate
• dislike
• deprecate
• depreciate
• damn
• mind
• censure
• oppose
• discountenance
• detest
• loathe
• disfavor
• object (to)
• reprehend
• blacklist
• dissent (from)
• reprobate

3

as in to believe

to regard as right or true

refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believe
• take
• understand
• buy
• trust
• swallow
• credit
• assume
• account
• presume
• set store by
• suppose
• deduce
• conclude
• accredit
• infer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reject
• disbelieve
• doubt
• discredit
• suspect
• question
• challenge
• distrust
• dispute
• mistrust
• misdoubt

4

as in to assume

to take to or upon oneself

accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assume
• shoulder
• undertake
• bear
• embrace
• adopt
• take over
• endorse
• acquiesce
• accede
• agree
• uphold
• take up
• advocate
• support
• stand by
• espouse
• consent
• assent
• back
• champion
• reaccept
• reassume

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuse
• withdraw
• repudiate
• reject
• renounce
• disavow
• disclaim
• disown
• retract
• recant
• take back
• abjure
• spurn
• avoid
• decline
• turn down
• refrain (from)
• forbear
• abstain (from)
• relinquish
• abandon
• bypass
• surrender
• forsake
• unsay
• give up
• detour
• backtrack
• back down
• back off
• abnegate

5

as in to endure

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerate
• endure
• handle
• stand
• take
• sustain
• bear
• absorb
• abide
• meet
• swallow
• stomach
• support
• wear
• stand for
• countenance
• live with
• stick out
• lump (it)
• go
• bide
• suffer
• hack
• allow
• brook
• sweat out
• permit
• tough it out
• pocket
• acquiesce
• reconcile (to)
• capitulate
• respect
• agree (with or to)
• submit (to)
• yield (to)
• consent (to)
• assent (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

accepting

2 of 3

adjective

1

as in believing

Related Words

• believing
• confident
• convinced
• unquestioning
• trusting
• secure
• unsuspecting
• certain
• sure
• unwary
• overconfident
• unsuspicious
• confiding
• trustful
• childlike
• gullible
• naive
• credulous
• unsophisticated
• dependent
• hopeful
• guileless
• innocent
• reliant
• simple
• artless

Dissimilar Words

• uncertain
• skeptical
• questioning
• doubtful
• doubting
• distrustful
• mistrustful
• wary
• disbelieving
• unconvinced
• incredulous
• undecided
• unsure
• suspicious
• unbelieving
• hesitant
• unpersuaded
• untrusting
• dubious
• leery
• trustless
• oversuspicious

2

as in approving

Related Words

• approving
• warm
• positive
• favorable
• appreciative
• admiring
• complimentary
• friendly
• supportive
• commendatory
• flattering
• applauding
• respectful
• sympathetic
• laudatory
• eulogistic
• encomiastic
• hagiographic
• approbatory
• good
• panegyrical
• adoring
• praiseful
• worshipping
• worshipful
• laudative
• adulatory
• advisory
• idolizing
• recommendatory

Dissimilar Words

• negative
• unfavorable
• adverse
• disapproving
• unfriendly
• derogatory
• unflattering
• unappreciative
• uncomplimentary
• depreciatory
• depreciative
• critical
• inappreciative
• censuring
• overcritical
• captious
• hypercritical
• disparaging
• faultfinding
• contemptuous
• scornful
• disdainful
• belittling
• slighting
• carping
• caviling

3

as in resigned

Related Words

• resigned
• pessimistic
• cynical
• depressing
• grieving
• bleak
• dismal
• cheerless
• discouraged
• weeping
• wailing
• abject
• disappointed
• dark
• comfortless
• funereal
• desolate
• unhappy
• desperate
• dreary
• dispirited
• despairing
• depressed
• disheartened
• sad
• drear
• disconsolate
• dejected
• crestfallen
• downcast
• hangdog
• saddened
• sorrowful
• heartbroken
• blue
• miserable
• mournful
• sorry
• doleful
• hopeless
• glum
• gloomy
• woebegone
• joyless
• melancholy
• down
• woeful
• despondent
• brokenhearted
• heartsick
• inconsolable
• wretched
• low
• downhearted
• forlorn
• low-spirited
• heartsore

Dissimilar Words

• optimistic
• hopeful
• exuberant
• ecstatic
• enraptured
• exultant
• gay
• euphoric
• jovial
• jolly
• merry
• encouraged
• blithe
• elated
• mirthful
• happy
• exhilarated
• glad
• lively
• cheerful
• entranced
• joyful
• joyous
• animated
• delighted
• vivacious
• perky
• buoyant
• cheery
• upbeat
• jubilant
• jaunty
• gleeful
• blithesome
• blissful
• sprightly
• sunny
• jocund
• heartened
• lightsome
• chipper
• sprightful
• gladdened
• gladsome

accepting

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of accept

1

as in having

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

some merchants in town will accept Canadian coins

Synonyms & Similar Words

• having
• taking
• adopting
• confirming
• tolerating
• sanctioning
• ratifying
• welcoming
• embracing
• warranting
• consenting (to)
• supporting
• acceding (to)
• swallowing
• submitting (to)
• assenting (to)
• sustaining
• conceding (to)
• yielding (to)
• succumbing (to)
• standing
• bowing (to)
• surrendering (to)
• countenancing
• enduring
• acquiescing (to)
• abiding
• shouldering
• capitulating (to)
• giving in (to)
• sticking out
• brooking
• stomaching
• OK'ing
• sweating out
• bearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• opposing
• disapproving
• disallowing
• protesting
• dissenting (to)
• resisting
• spurning
• objecting (to)
• vetoing
• turning down
• withstanding
• fighting
• negativing
• combating
• contesting
• holding off

2

as in tolerating

to have a favorable opinion of

her husband feels that he has never been truly accepted by his wife's family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerating
• supporting
• favoring
• enjoying
• approving (of)
• subscribing (to)
• liking
• going for
• applauding
• countenancing
• caring (for)
• praising
• sustaining
• holding with
• recommending
• upholding
• taking kindly to
• saluting
• lauding
• OK'ing
• enduring
• commending
• standing by
• acclaiming
• backing (up)
• concurring (in)
• consenting (to)
• assenting (to)
• bearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• criticizing
• condemning
• denouncing
• frowning (on or upon)
• disparaging
• disapproving (of)
• deprecating
• depreciating
• censuring
• damning
• blacklisting
• disliking
• hating
• opposing
• disfavoring
• discountenancing
• reprobating
• minding
• reprehending
• loathing
• dissenting (from)
• objecting (to)
• detesting

3

as in taking

to regard as right or true

refused to accept that her friend had said those mean things

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believing
• taking
• understanding
• trusting
• buying
• swallowing
• crediting
• accounting
• assuming
• accrediting
• presuming
• setting store by
• deducing
• inferring
• supposing
• concluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• disbelieving
• discrediting
• questioning
• doubting
• suspecting
• distrusting
• mistrusting
• challenging
• disputing
• misdoubting

4

as in assuming

to take to or upon oneself

accepted the responsibility of sending out the invitations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assuming
• shouldering
• bearing
• embracing
• undertaking
• adopting
• taking over
• endorsing
• advocating
• supporting
• acquiescing
• upholding
• consenting
• assenting
• agreeing
• championing
• acceding
• backing
• taking up
• standing by
• espousing
• reaccepting
• reassuming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• withdrawing
• rejecting
• refusing
• repudiating
• disclaiming
• disavowing
• renouncing
• disowning
• retracting
• declining
• recanting
• taking back
• avoiding
• spurning
• abjuring
• turning down
• bypassing
• abandoning
• refraining (from)
• relinquishing
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing
• surrendering
• forsaking
• giving up
• detouring
• unsaying
• backtracking
• backing down
• backing off
• abnegating

5

as in handling

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

he accepted all of life's vicissitudes without complaint

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tolerating
• handling
• standing
• enduring
• taking
• sustaining
• bearing
• absorbing
• supporting
• swallowing
• stomaching
• abiding
• meeting
• wearing
• pocketing
• living with
• sticking out
• countenancing
• standing for
• hacking
• biding
• going
• lumping (it)
• brooking
• suffering
• allowing
• permitting
• sweating out
• toughing it out
• respecting
• acquiescing
• reconciling (to)
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• capitulating
• agreeing (with or to)
• consenting (to)
• assenting (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• dismissing
• declining
• opposing
• resisting
• repudiating
• fighting
• avoiding
• combating
• turning down
• contesting
• missing
• escaping
• spurning
• evading
• bypassing
• circumventing
• dodging
• eluding
• refraining (from)
• abstaining (from)
• forbearing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of accept

Verb

The National Park Service announced Thursday that comments on the Los Angeles Coastal Area Special Resource Study will now be accepted through May 23. —City News Service, Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026

Paradise executive producer/writer John Hoberg and writer Stephen Markley will accept on behalf of their show from series star Sarah Shahi. —Stacey Wilson Hunt, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026

Adjective

So why haven’t buyers in this price segment been more accepting? —Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2025

Hannah went on to found the Team Cole Project, which works toward a more accepting and compassionate world for those with disabilities. —Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025

Verb

Last month, lawmakers introduced a Senate bill that would ban prediction markets from accepting or listing transactions related to sports events and casino-style games. —Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Apr. 2026

Providers frequently cite low reimbursement rates from the state as a reason for not accepting Medi-Cal patients. —Kristen Hwang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026