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reject

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of reject

1 one who is cast out or rejected by society

was the school reject as a child and has low self-esteem even today

Synonyms of reject

castaway, castoff, leper, offscouring, outcast, pariah

Words Related to reject

deportee, exile

Near Antonyms of reject

2 something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others

that apple has a mushy spot on it, so itʼs a reject

Synonyms of reject

cull, discard, rejection, second

Words Related to reject

castaway, throwaway

hand-me-down, white elephant

rubbish, scrap, trash, waste

reject

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of reject

1 to be unwilling to grant

rejected his request for time off

Synonyms of reject

decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, nix, refuse, reprobate, withhold

Words Related to reject

ban, enjoin, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto

rebuff, repel, spurn

check, constrain, curb, hold, keep, repress, restrain, restrict

balk (at), hinder, impede, obstruct

Near Antonyms of reject

afford, furnish, give, provide, supply

authorize, commission, license (also licence)

accede (to), acquiesce, agree (to), assent (to), consent (to), warrant

accord, sanction, vouchsafe

Antonyms of reject

allow, concede, grant, let, OK (or okay), permit

2 to declare not to be true

I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that

Synonyms of reject

contradict, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, refute, repudiate

Words Related to reject

challenge, confute, disprove, rebut

disagree (with), dispute

Near Antonyms of reject

accept, adopt, embrace, espouse

affirm, announce, assert, aver, claim, declare, maintain, profess, submit

authenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify

Antonyms of reject

acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confirm, own

3 to get rid of as useless or unwanted

sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered

Synonyms of reject

cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, discard, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off) , throw away, throw out, toss, unload

Words Related to reject

abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake

dismiss, kick out

abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out

Phrases Synonymous with reject

dispose of, set aside

Near Antonyms of reject

adopt, embrace, take on

employ, use, utilize

hold, hold back, keep, retain

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

rejected his marriage proposal

Synonyms of reject

balk (at), decline, deselect, disapprove, negative, nix, pass, pass up, refuse, reprobate, repudiate, spurn, throw out, throw over, turn down

Words Related to reject

blow off, disdain, rebuff, scorn, scout, shoot down

forbid, prohibit, proscribe

dismiss, ignore

abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)

deny, disavow, disclaim, dispute, gainsay

abjure, forswear (also foreswear), recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw

avoid, bypass, detour

contradict, deny, disown, negate

controvert, disagree (with), disprove, dispute, rebut, refute

back down, back off, backtrack

disallow, recall, renege, revoke

Phrases Synonymous with reject

turn one's back on

Near Antonyms of reject

condone, countenance, swallow, tolerate

adopt, embrace, receive, take, welcome

accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent

choose, handpick, select

espouse, support

Antonyms of reject

accept, agree (to), approve

Synonym Discussion of reject

decline, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn mean to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering. decline often implies courteous refusal especially of offers or invitations.

- declined his party's nomination

refuse suggests more positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked for.

- refused to lend them the money

reject implies a peremptory refusal by sending away or discarding.

- rejected the manuscript as unpublishable

repudiate implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or unworthy of acceptance.

- teenagers who repudiate the values of their parents

spurn stresses contempt or disdain in rejection or repudiation.

- spurned his overtures of friendship

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