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   reject

   verb

   • 1. dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty: "union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award"
   • ▪ refuse to agree to (a request): "an application to hold a pop concert at the club was rejected" Similar turn downrefusedeclinesay no todismissspurninformal:give the thumbs down togive the red light togive something a missknock backrare:negativeOpposite accept
   • ▪ fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff: "she didn't want him to feel he had been rejected after his sister was born" Similar rebuffspurnrepudiatecut offcast offcast asidediscardjettisonabandondesertturn one's back onhave nothing (more) to do withwash one's hands ofcast outshut outexcludeshuncold-shouldergive someone the cold shoulderostracizeblackballblacklistavoidgive a wide berth toignoresnubcut deadkeep at arm's lengthleave out in the coldsend to Coventrydisfellowshipinformal:give someone the brush-offkick someone in the teethfreeze outhand someone the frozen mittinformal, dated:give someone the go-byinformal:give someone the pushgive someone the elbowgive someone the big Ebin offblankgive someone the airdated:cutexcommunicatearchaic:forsakeOpposite welcome
   • ▪ show an immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue) so that it fails to survive: "his body could begin to reject the implanted heart"

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable: "some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships" Similar failureloserincompetentflotsam
   • ▪ an item sold cheaply because of minor flaws: "reject china plates" Similar substandard articlediscardsecondsubstandard goods

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin reject- ‘thrown back’, from the verb reicere, from re- ‘back’ + jacere ‘to throw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rejectable adjective
   • 2. rejector noun
   • 3. rejectee noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   Some common synonyms of reject are decline, refuse, repudiate, and spurn. While all these words mean "to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering," reject implies a peremptory refusal by sending away or discarding.

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   Find 71 different ways to say REJECT, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

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   Find 4,263 synonyms for reject and other similar words that you can use instead based on 22 separate contexts from our thesaurus.

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   These are words and phrases related to reject. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of reject. She rejected his marriage proposal. The board rejected all our ideas. These convicts are society's rejects. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024.

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   Synonyms for REJECT in English: rebuff, drop, jilt, desert, turn down, ditch, break with, spurn, refuse, say no to, …

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   Synonyms for REJECTING: denying, refusing, declining, withholding, disallowing, disapproving, forbidding, prohibiting; Antonyms of REJECTING: granting, letting, permitting, providing, allowing, conceding, supplying, giving

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    Alternative words for "reject" may include "decline," "refuse," "turn down," "disapprove," "dismiss," "neglect," or "repudiate." Each of these words conveys a sense of denying or refusing something, whether it be an invitation, proposition, or idea.

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    Synonyms for REJECTS: denies, refuses, declines, disapproves, withholds, disallows, forbids, nixes; Antonyms of REJECTS: concedes, provides, permits, allows, lets, grants, gives, furnishes Menu Toggle