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

In rejecting his release in 2021, Newsom said Davis had continued to minimize his role in the crimes and shown a lack of empathy for his victims. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

The bow-wielding heroine of Brave spends the film rejecting the idea that a princess has to be anything other than herself. — Sarah Scott, Parents, 14 Sep. 2026

At first, all 15 countries have the same colored ballot slips for the straw polls, so no one knows who is supporting or rejecting a candidate. — Tim Backshall, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026

There is still time for Americans to create a new apogee before America 300 by rejecting the lies, insecurity, and ignorance endemic of the last quarter-century. — Michael E. Neagle, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

Kaprizov had a much wider range of possibilities last year than Hughes this year, rejecting offers of $15 million and $16 million per year and countering at $18 million before agreeing to $17 million. — Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Towana Looney lived with a pig kidney for a then-record 130 days before it was removed in April 2025 because her body began rejecting it. — David K. Li, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

More than 6,000 port workers took part in a union consultation on the latest offer from ZDS, with a large majority rejecting it. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026

After the press first revealed the plan to create the FFE, UEFA, as well as North American soccer’s governing body CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation, issued statements rejecting it. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026