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Synonyms for reject
rɪˈdʒɛkt; ˈri dʒɛktre·ject

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Wiktionary3.0 / 3 votes

  1. rejectnoun

    Something that is rejected.

    She even rejected my improved offer.

    Synonyms:
    castaway, decline, repudiate, refuse, disown, deny, abnegate, turn down, abjure

    Antonyms:
    take up, accept

  2. rejectverb

    to block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.

    Synonyms:
    castaway, alien, outcast

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 2 votes

  1. reject

    Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection. Renounce (Latin re, back, and nuntio, bear a message) is to declare against and give up formally and definitively; as, to renounce the pomps and vanities of the world. Recant (Latin re, back, and canto, sing) is to take back or deny formally and publicly, as a belief that one has held or professed. Retract (Latin re, back, and traho, draw) is to take back something that one has said as not true or as what one is not ready to maintain; as, to retract a charge or accusation; one recants what was especially his own, he retracts what was directed against another. Repudiate (Latin re, back, or away, and pudeo, feel shame) is primarily to renounce as shameful, hence to divorce, as a wife; thus in general to put away with emphatic and determined repulsion; as, to repudiate a debt. To deny is to affirm to be not true or not binding; as, to deny a statement or a relationship; or to refuse to grant as something requested; as, his mother could not deny him what he desired. To discard is to cast away as useless or worthless; thus, one discards a worn garment; a coquette discards a lover. Revoke (Latin re, back, and voco, call), etymologically the exact equivalent of the English recall, is to take back something given or granted; as, to revoke a command, a will, or a grant; recall may be used in the exact sense of revoke, but is often applied to persons, as revoke is not; we recall a messenger and revoke the order with which he was charged. Abjure (Latin ab, away, and juro, swear) is etymologically the exact equivalent of the Saxon forswear, signifying to put away formally and under oath, as an error, heresy, or evil practise, or a condemned and detested person. A man abjures his religion, recants his belief, abjures or renounces his allegiance, repudiates another's claim, renounces his own, retracts a false statement. A person may deny, disavow, disclaim, disown what has been truly or falsely imputed to him or supposed to be his. He may deny his signature, disavow the act of his agent, disown his child; he may repudiate a just claim or a base suggestion. A native of the United States can not abjure or renounce allegiance to the Queen of England, but will promptly deny or repudiate it. Compare ABANDON.

    Synonyms:
    abandon, abjure, deny, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, forswear, recall, recant, refuse, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke

    Antonyms:
    acknowledge, advocate, assert, avow, cherish, claim, defend, hold, maintain, own, proclaim, retain, uphold, vindicate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. reject

    Synonyms:
    repel, renounce, throw by, castaway, repudiate, decline, discard, refuse, exclude

    Antonyms:
    hail, welcome, accept, appropriate, choose, select, admit

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cull, rejectverb

    the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

    Synonyms:
    cull

    Antonyms:
    intromit, allow in, let in, accept, admit

  2. rejectverb

    refuse to accept or acknowledge

    "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

    Synonyms:
    spurn, refuse, pass up, disapprove, pooh-pooh, eliminate, turn down, rule out, winnow out, scorn, resist, turn away, freeze off, disdain, decline

    Antonyms:
    accept, admit, let in, intromit, allow in

  3. refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, declineverb

    refuse to accept

    "He refused my offer of hospitality"

    Synonyms:
    freeze off, rule out, go down, deny, resist, worsen, winnow out, lower, correct, decline, lour, spurn, pooh-pooh, wane, disapprove, disdain, scorn, pass up, defy, turn away, refuse, eliminate, slump, turn down

    Antonyms:
    intromit, let in, accept, allow in, admit

  4. disapprove, rejectverb

    deem wrong or inappropriate

    "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

    Synonyms:
    spurn, refuse, pass up, disapprove, pooh-pooh, eliminate, turn down, rule out, winnow out, scorn, resist, turn away, freeze off, disdain, decline

    Antonyms:
    let in, allow in, admit, accept, intromit

  5. reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn downverb

    reject with contempt

    "She spurned his advances"

    Synonyms:
    freeze off, eliminate, rule out, lower, resist, despise, winnow out, contemn, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, disapprove, disdain, scorn, turn away, refuse, turn down

    Antonyms:
    allow in, accept, admit, let in, intromit

  6. resist, reject, refuseverb

    resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

    "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

    Synonyms:
    baulk, rule out, deny, stand, stand firm, freeze off, eliminate, hold out, fend, withstand, winnow out, decline, spurn, dissent, turn away, pooh-pooh, jib, balk, disapprove, disdain, scorn, pass up, defy, refuse, protest, resist, turn down

    Antonyms:
    accept, admit, intromit, let in, allow in

  7. reject, turn down, turn away, refuseverb

    refuse entrance or membership

    "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

    Synonyms:
    freeze off, eliminate, rule out, avert, deflect, deny, resist, bend, winnow out, lower, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, disapprove, disdain, scorn, defy, turn away, refuse, turn down

    Antonyms:
    let in, accept, allow in, intromit, admit

  8. rule out, eliminate, winnow out, rejectverb

    dismiss from consideration or a contest

    "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

    Synonyms:
    freeze off, rule out, excrete, wipe out, decline, scorn, obviate, decimate, get rid of, winnow out, carry off, egest, spurn, pass up, rule in, annihilate, extinguish, pooh-pooh, turn away, eliminate, disapprove, disdain, rid of, pass, close out, refuse, do away with, resist, turn down, preclude, eradicate

    Antonyms:
    let in, intromit, accept, allow in, admit

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rejectverb

    Synonyms:
    exclude, discard, eject, set aside, pass over, throw aside, cast off, lay aside, cast aside, cast away, put away, throw overboard, lay on the shelf

  2. rejectverb

    Synonyms:
    decline, refuse, repudiate, repel, rebuff, slight, despise

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rejectverb

    Synonyms:
    cast away, discard, refuse, decline, rebuff, repulse, contemn, repudiate

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How to use reject in a sentence?

  1. Ronny JacksonAfter:

    I'm proud of the work environment I fostered under three different Presidents of both parties ; I take my professional responsibility with respect to prescription drug practices seriously ; and I flat out reject any allegation that I consumed alcohol while on duty, my entire professional life has been defined by duty and service. I've honorably served my country in the U.S. Navy, served patients who trusted me with their care, served three Presidents in the White House, and now I serve the people of Texas' 13th District in Congress. I have not and will not ever conduct Ronny JacksonAfter in a way that undermines the sincerity with which I take my oath to my country or my constituents.

  2. Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan:

    If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there must be no evasion and no games. They must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry.

  3. The National Press Club:

    We call on all Americans to see this unsavory attempt to minimize the grisly bone-saw attack on Washington Post opinion writer Jamal Khashoggi for what it is -- an attempt to sweep under the rug a brutal state-sponsored murder, we call on people of conscience to reject this tournament. Do not attend. Do not watch it on television. Let it fail.

  4. Gene Karpinski:

    This veto, along with the president’s increasing public skepticism about Keystone XL ... makes us more confident than ever that (the) president will reject the permit itself once and for all.

  5. Lee Merritt:

    Instead of that same resource officer who had helped before, they sent Reynaldo Contreras, the officer had a hostile demeanor and was not prepared to deal with a mental health crisis ... (the incident) continued to escalate. (Warren) was within his rights to reject the services of this law enforcement officer.


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