Synonyms of nix

nix

verb

ˈniks 

1

as in to refuse

to be unwilling to grant

our supervisor nixed my request to work from home, if only on a trial basis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refuse
• reject
• deny
• decline
• disallow
• withhold
• disapprove
• forbid
• veto
• negative
• prohibit
• ban
• restrict
• enjoin
• keep
• reprobate
• proscribe
• check
• spurn
• restrain
• repel
• curb
• hinder
• rebuff
• constrain
• impede
• hold
• repress
• obstruct
• balk (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• let
• permit
• allow
• grant
• concede
• afford
• provide
• furnish
• give
• OK
• supply
• authorize
• agree (to)
• license
• consent (to)
• warrant
• acquiesce
• accede (to)
• sanction
• accord
• commission
• assent (to)
• vouchsafe

2

as in to dismiss

to reject by or as if by a vote

movie audiences have effectively nixed the idea of the reviving the old-fashioned western by emphatically ignoring this latest effort

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismiss
• veto
• kill
• refuse
• blackball
• negative
• shoot down
• disallow
• disapprove
• down
• decline
• blacklist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confirm
• approve
• allow
• pass
• admit
• ratify
• support
• elect
• sanction
• assent (to)

3

as in to reject

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

the committee nixed the additional expenditures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refuse
• reject
• decline
• ignore
• avoid
• veto
• spurn
• deny
• pass
• forbid
• disapprove
• withdraw
• dismiss
• turn down
• pass up
• repudiate
• throw over
• dispute
• deselect
• throw out
• balk (at)
• negative
• overrule
• reprobate
• prohibit
• turn one's back on
• rebuff
• scout
• proscribe
• renounce
• disdain
• blow off
• stick
• forbear
• revoke
• retract
• disavow
• scorn
• shoot down
• refrain (from)
• take back
• forswear
• disclaim
• bypass
• disallow
• abjure
• gainsay
• unsay
• negate
• recant
• abstain (from)
• contradict
• recall
• refute
• backtrack
• disagree (with)
• disown
• renege
• disprove
• controvert
• rebut
• back down
• detour
• back off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approve
• agree (to)
• accept
• tolerate
• adopt
• take
• swallow
• receive
• condone
• agree
• embrace
• welcome
• acquiesce
• accede
• choose
• select
• countenance
• consent
• assent
• support
• espouse
• handpick

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nix

Artists who had already had solo museum shows in the state were nixed, as were people whose connection to Connecticut amounted to spending a few weekends there each year. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026

But once the deal on lower steel, aluminum and auto tariffs was nixed, Canada pulled the Keystone deal off the table as well. — Kent Jones, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

It’s also given way to the fur baby movement — a group that’s emerged as more Americans delay having kids or nix them altogether due to the skyrocketing costs of parenting. — Mimi Montgomery, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Clinton deployed the threat of withholding billions in aid to nix the Hanke plan, and a weak rupiah hastened Suharto’s departure months later. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026