Synonyms of nixing

nixing

verb

present participle of nix

1

as in rejecting

to be unwilling to grant

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rejecting
• denying
• refusing
• declining
• disallowing
• withholding
• disapproving
• forbidding
• prohibiting
• vetoing
• banning
• restricting
• keeping
• proscribing
• negativing
• reprobating
• enjoining
• curbing
• checking
• restraining
• spurning
• constraining
• repelling
• impeding
• rebuffing
• hindering
• holding
• repressing
• obstructing
• balking (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• granting
• letting
• permitting
• providing
• allowing
• conceding
• supplying
• giving
• affording
• furnishing
• authorizing
• licensing
• acquiescing
• commissioning
• according
• agreeing (to)
• warranting
• OK'ing
• consenting (to)
• sanctioning
• acceding (to)
• assenting (to)
• vouchsafing

2

as in dismissing

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

• dismissing
• vetoing
• killing
• refusing
• downing
• disallowing
• blackballing
• shooting down
• negativing
• disapproving
• declining
• blacklisting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confirming
• approving
• allowing
• admitting
• passing
• ratifying
• supporting
• electing
• sanctioning
• assenting (to)

3

as in refusing

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

the committee nixed the additional expenditures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rejecting
• refusing
• declining
• ignoring
• avoiding
• denying
• vetoing
• spurning
• dismissing
• passing
• withdrawing
• forbidding
• repudiating
• disapproving
• disputing
• deselecting
• turning down
• passing up
• throwing over
• balking (at)
• prohibiting
• reprobating
• throwing out
• negativing
• overruling
• rebuffing
• disdaining
• proscribing
• scouting
• scorning
• renouncing
• revoking
• turning one's back on
• sticking
• retracting
• disavowing
• bypassing
• forswearing
• disclaiming
• recalling
• negating
• blowing off
• abjuring
• refuting
• contradicting
• detouring
• abstaining (from)
• disowning
• shooting down
• recanting
• refraining (from)
• disproving
• disallowing
• forbearing
• rebutting
• taking back
• backtracking
• reneging
• controverting
• gainsaying
• disagreeing (with)
• unsaying
• backing off
• backing down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• accepting
• agreeing (to)
• adopting
• receiving
• taking
• tolerating
• embracing
• swallowing
• agreeing
• selecting
• welcoming
• choosing
• condoning
• acceding
• countenancing
• assenting
• consenting
• supporting
• acquiescing
• espousing
• handpicking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nixing

Better yet, its blurring benefits remain intact for hours post-application, nixing the need to touch up throughout the day. — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 17 June 2026

There are vacant lots and empty buildings in town where new housing could be built, but residents, defensive of their property values, keep nixing new development. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

More Flexibility As Hovis points out, adding native plants to your garden isn’t about nixing non-native plants entirely. — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 6 June 2026

The final organized team activities will take place Friday, with Shanahan nixing next week’s mandatory minicamp as a reward for players’ participation (and perhaps to avoid next week’s final World Cup preparations at Levi’s Stadium). — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026

Messi scored in the 24th and 55th minutes, and was credited with a third goal in the 89th, but it was later ruled an own goal by Cincinnati goalkeeper Roman Celentano, nixing the apparent Messi hat trick. — Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

And other roadblocks popped up as the county and the school bounced ideas back and forth, including the department’s nixing a demonstration of the drafted Dewey Drive improvements, Miller said. — Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026

Former Vice President and presidential nominee Kamala Harris accused North Carolina election officials of limiting voting rights by nixing a polling site on the campus of a historically Black university while speaking in Charlotte on Tuesday. — Mary Ramsey april 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026

Ferguson initially came out against the measure in October, nixing the idea months before the House passed the measure. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026