Synonyms of rejecting

rejecting

verb

present participle of reject

1

as in denying

to be unwilling to grant

rejected his request for time off

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in refuting

to declare not to be true

I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denying
• refuting
• contradicting
• disallowing
• disavowing
• repudiating
• negating
• disclaiming
• disowning
• disconfirming
• disaffirming
• traversing
• gainsaying
• negativing
• disproving
• rebutting
• challenging
• disputing
• disagreeing (with)
• confuting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acknowledging
• admitting
• confirming
• allowing
• accepting
• owning
• adopting
• conceding
• embracing
• maintaining
• submitting
• claiming
• declaring
• asserting
• affirming
• announcing
• avowing
• professing
• espousing
• validating
• verifying
• averring
• corroborating
• substantiating
• authenticating

3

as in discarding

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discarding
• dumping
• ditching
• unloading
• losing
• abandoning
• jettisoning
• shedding
• scrapping
• removing
• eliminating
• tossing
• exorcising
• dismissing
• chucking
• casting (off)
• junking
• sloughing (off)
• flinging (off or away)
• throwing away
• shucking (off)
• disposing of
• laying by
• deep-sixing
• forsaking
• setting aside
• throwing out
• sluffing (off)
• eighty-sixing
• abdicating
• pitching
• cashiering
• abolishing
• deserting
• eradicating
• expunging
• kicking out
• extirpating
• exterminating
• extinguishing
• annihilating
• wiping out
• liquidating
• stamping (out)
• rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• embracing
• using
• employing
• utilizing
• holding
• taking on
• retaining
• keeping
• holding back

4

as in refusing

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

rejected his marriage proposal

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rejecting

The Assembly plan calls for rejecting the governor’s cap on certain damages that people can receive. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026

The council would have the final say in approving — or rejecting — Lucas’ nomination. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

The Fairfield County suburb of New Canaan violated Connecticut’s 8-30g law by rejecting the plan for a three-story building along Parade Hill Road, the lawsuit claims. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

Al Hilal also want to sign Ollie Watkins, with Aston Villa rejecting a fourth offer for their England striker on Friday. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

State governments have banded together to develop their own vaccine guidance, rejecting the recommendations of an increasingly unreliable federal government. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

Some survivors accused the government of not providing enough protection prior to the attack, with Haiti’s National Police rejecting those accusations. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

The issue has split circuit courts, with the 9th Circuit (which Idaho is part of) and six other circuit courts rejecting the administration’s position. — Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2026

While the railroads take sides on the issue, some lawmakers have sought to sway the STB into rejecting the megamerger. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026