| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deny; say no |
Synonyms: |
beg off, brush off, decline, demur, desist, disaccord, disallow, disapprove, dispense with, dissent, dodge, evade, give thumbs down to, hold back, hold off, hold out, ignore, make excuses, nix, not budge, not budget, not buy, not care to, pass up, protest, rebuff, refuse to receive, regret, reject, repel, reprobate, repudiate, send off, send regrets, set aside, shun, spurn, turn away, turn deaf ear to, turn down, turn from, turn one's back on, withdraw, withhold |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
Antonyms: |
accept, allow, approve, consent, grant, offer, ok, sanction |
| Main Entry: | refused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | declined |
Synonyms: |
banned, blocked, denied, disavowed, dismissed, disowned, forbidden, forsaken, prohibited, rebuffed, rejected, repelled, repudiated, spurned, turned down, vetoed |
Antonyms: |
allowed, consented to, permitted |
| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
Synonyms: |
abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
Antonyms: |
indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | balk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop short |
Synonyms: |
cramp, crimp, demur, desist, dodge, evade, flinch, hesitate, recoil, refuse, resist, shirk, shrink from, shy, turn down, upset apple cart |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prohibit |
Synonyms: |
ban, boycott, circumvent, condemn, debar, deny, disallow, discountenance, discourage, eliminate, enjoin, except, exclude, exile, forbid, freeze out, frustrate, hinder, interdict, interfere, keep out, limit, obstruct, ostracize, outlaw, override, preclude, prevent, refuse, reject, restrain, rule out, segregate, shut out, stop, suspend |
Antonyms: |
advocate, allow, open, permit |
| Main Entry: | boycott |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ban; refrain from using |
Synonyms: |
avoid, bar, blackball, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, hold aloof from, ice out, ostracize, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out, snub, spurn, strike, withhold patronage |
| Notes: | a boycott is an organized popular protest, while an embargo is usually imposed by a government |
Antonyms: |
buy, encourage, support, use |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no |
Synonyms: |
abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, beg to be excused, bypass, demur, deny, desist, disapprove, dismiss, don't buy, forbear, forgo, gainsay, nix, not accept, not hear of, not think of, pass on, refrain, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, send regrets, shy, spurn, turn down, turn thumbs down |
Antonyms: |
accept, say yes |
| Main Entry: | demur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
Synonyms: |
balk, cavil, challenge, combat, complain, deprecate, disapprove, dispute, doubt, fight, hem and haw, hesitate, object, oppose, pause, protest, pussyfoot, refuse, remonstrate, resist, scruple, shy, stick, stickle, strain, take exception, vacillate, wait and see, waver |
Antonyms: |
accept, agree, consent, go along |
| Main Entry: | deny |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, renounce, decline |
Synonyms: |
abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, call on, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, enjoin from, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, keep back, negate, negative, not buy, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrifice, say no to, spurn, taboo, take exception to, turn down, turn thumbs down, veto, withhold |
Antonyms: |
accede, acknowledge, admit, affirm, agree, allow, concede, confess, corroborate, go along, grant |
| Main Entry: | disallow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject, prohibit |
Synonyms: |
abjure, cancel, censor, debar, deny, disacknowledge, disavow, disclaim, dismiss, disown, embargo, exclude, forbid, keep back, kill, nix, pass on, proscribe, put down, rebuff, refuse, repudiate, shut out, taboo*, veto, withhold, zing |
Antonyms: |
allow, permit |