Synonyms and Antonyms of reject
1
to be unwilling to grant
- rejected his request for time off
ban, enjoin, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto
rebuff, repel, spurn
check, constrain, curb, hold, keep, repress, restrain, restrict
balk (at), hinder, impede, obstruct
afford, furnish, give, provide, supply
authorize, commission, license (also licence)
accede (to), acquiesce, agree (to), assent (to), consent (to), warrant
accord, sanction, vouchsafe
2
to declare not to be true
- I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that
contradict, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, refute, repudiate
accept, adopt, embrace, espouse
affirm, announce, assert, aver, claim, declare, maintain, profess, submit
authenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify
3
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered
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
abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake
dismiss, kick out
abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out
