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accepting - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | receive something given physically |
| Synonyms: | acquire, gain, get, obtain, secure, take, welcome |
| Notes: | accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out' |
| Antonyms: | deny, discard, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow into group |
| Synonyms: | admit, receive, welcome |
| Antonyms: | blackball, decline, deny, reject |
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe the goodness, realness of something |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, affirm, approve, buy*, countenance, fancy, favor, go for*, hold, like, recognize, relish, swallow*, trust, approbate, hold with, take as gospel truth, take stock in |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dispute, reject, renounce, repudiate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put up with |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, assent, bear, bear with, bow, capitulate, defer to, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, endure, fit in, go along with, live with, play the game, recognize, respect, sit still for, stand, stand for, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, yield to |
| Antonyms: | demur, disallow, reject |
| Main Entry: | accept |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | receive by agreeing, consenting |
| Synonyms: | accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affirm, agree to, approve, assent, assume, avow, bear, buy, check out*, comply, go for*, okay, recognize, sign, take on*, thumbs up*, undertake, concur with, cooperate with, give stamp of approval, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the nod, lap up, rubber-stamp, set store by, sign off on, take one up on |
| Antonyms: | decline, disagree, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confirmation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ratification, validation, proof |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, accord, admission, affirmation, agreement, approval, assent, authorization, avowal, consent, endorsement, evidence, go ahead*, green light*, nod, okay, passage, passing, proving, recognition, sanction, substantiation, support, supporting, testament, testimonial, testimony, verification, verifying, witness, accepting, affirming, attestation, authenticating, authentication, authorizing, corroborating, corroboration, sanctioning, stamp of approval, validating, visa |
| Antonyms: | annulment, cancellation, contradiction, denial, destruction, opposition, veto, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | credence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trust, acceptance |
| Synonyms: | admission, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, faith, reliance, stock, store, accepting, admitting, dependence |
| Antonyms: | distrust, faithlessness |
| Main Entry: | credulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gullible, naive |
| Synonyms: | believing, born yesterday, easy mark*, green, simple, trusting, uncritical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unwary, accepting, dupable, falling for, overtrusting, swallow whole, taken in, trustful, unquestioning, unsuspicious |
| Antonyms: | skeptical, suspicious, suspecting, untrusting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | believing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trusting |
| Synonyms: | assuming, certain, convinced, positive, presuming, sure, accepting, having faith, having faith, undoubting |
| Antonyms: | disbelieving, doubtful, doubting, uncertain, unsure, mistrustful, untrusting |
| Main Entry: | forgiving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sparing |
| Synonyms: | kind, lenient, magnanimous, merciful, accepting |
| Main Entry: | listening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hearing |
| Synonyms: | attentive, interested, receiving, accepting, attending, concentrating, hearkening, heeding, paying attention |
| Antonyms: | inattentive, indifferent |
| Main Entry: | receiving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taking |
| Synonyms: | drawing, gathering, getting, making, accepting, acquiring, bringing in, collecting, earning, inheriting |
| Antonyms: | giving, awarding, disbursing |
| Main Entry: | using |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | utilizing |
| Synonyms: | proving, testing, working, accepting, adopting, applying, employing, practicing |
| Main Entry: | acceptance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, taking |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, approval, assent, compliance, consent, cooperation, getting, go-ahead*, green light*, nod*, okay, permission, receipt, receiving, reception, recognition, securing, undertaking, yes, accepting, acquiring, gaining, obtaining, taking on |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, dissent, refusal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking something for granted; something expected |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, assuming, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, postulate, premise, presumption, shot*, shot in the dark*, stab, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theory, accepting, posit, postulation, presupposition, sneaking suspicion, supposal, theorization |
| Antonyms: | doubt, unexpected |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assuming possession, power |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acquisition, adoption, appropriation, assuming, grab, seizure, undertaking, accepting, arrogation, embracing, shouldering, takeover, taking, taking on, taking up, usurpation |
| Main Entry: | getting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of changing |
| Synonyms: | becoming, growing, accepting, altering, submitting to, succumbing |
| Antonyms: | refusal, rejecting, throwing off |
| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submit to, put up with |
| Synonyms: | accept, acknowledge, bear, bear with*, concede, consent, defer, endure, hang tough*, receive, sit tight*, stand, stand for, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand, be big about, hang in, hang in there, live with, put up with |
| Antonyms: | despise, dispute, pass, quit, reject, resist, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree or consent |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, assent, comply, concede, concur, cooperate, cry uncle*, endorse, enter into, fold, grant, let, okay, permit, play ball*, subscribe, yield, be game for, cave in*, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, roll over and play dead, throw in the towel |
| Antonyms: | condemn, demur, denounce, denounce, deny, protest, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally recognize authority |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, allow, approve, certify, defend, endorse, grant, own, ratify, recognize, support, uphold, yield, attest to, defer to, subscribe to, take an oath |
| Antonyms: | forswear, ignore, refuse, renounce, repudiate |
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