Synonyms and Antonyms of nixing
1
to be unwilling to grant
- our supervisor nixed my request to work from home, if only on a trial basis
banning, enjoining, forbidding, prohibiting, proscribing, vetoing
rebuffing, repelling, spurning
checking, constraining, curbing, holding, keeping, repressing, restraining, restricting
balking (at), hindering, impeding, obstructing
affording, furnishing, giving, providing, supplying
authorizing, commissioning, licensing (also licencing)
acceding (to), acquiescing, agreeing (to), assenting (to), consenting (to), warranting
according, sanctioning, vouchsafing
2
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
3
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
- the committee nixed the additional expenditures
balking (at), declining, deselecting, disapproving, negativing, passing, passing up, refusing, rejecting, reprobating, repudiating, spurning, throwing out, throwing over, turning down
blowing off, disdaining, rebuffing, scorning, scouting, shooting down
overruling, vetoing
forbidding, prohibiting, proscribing
dismissing, ignoring
abstaining (from), forbearing, refraining (from)
denying, disavowing, disclaiming, disputing, gainsaying
sticking
abjuring, forswearing (also foreswearing), recanting, renouncing, retracting, taking back, unsaying, withdrawing
avoiding, bypassing, detouring
contradicting, denying, disowning, negating
controverting, disagreeing (with), disproving, disputing, rebutting, refuting
backing down, backing off, backtracking
disallowing, recalling, reneging, revoking
condoning, countenancing, swallowing, tolerating
adopting, embracing, receiving, taking, welcoming
acceding, acquiescing, agreeing, assenting, consenting
choosing, handpicking, selecting
espousing, supporting
