| Main Entry: | reject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no to |
Synonyms: |
burn*, cashier, cast aside, cast off, cast out, chuck, decline, deny, despise, disallow, disbelieve, discard, discount, discredit, disdain, dismiss, eliminate, exclude*, give thumbs down to, jettison, jilt, kill*, nix, not buy, pass by, pass on, pass up, put down, rebuff, refuse, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, scout, scrap, second, shed, shoot down, shun, slough, spurn, throw away, throw out, turn down, veto |
Antonyms: |
accept, allow, approve, choose, ratify, sanction |
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave in troubled state |
Synonyms: |
back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, leave behind, quit, reject, renounce, throw over, walk out on |
Antonyms: |
adopt, assert, favor, uphold |
| Main Entry: | abnegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renounce |
Synonyms: |
abstain, decline, forbear, forgo, give up, refrain, reject |
| Main Entry: | abrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formally put an end to |
Synonyms: |
abate, abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, do in, end, finish off, invalidate, knock out, negate, nix, nullify, quash, reject, renege, repeal, retract, revoke, scrub, torpedo, undo, vacate, vitiate, void |
Antonyms: |
approve, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support |
| 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: | blackball |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel from group |
Synonyms: |
ban, blacklist, debar, exclude, ostracize, oust, reject, repudiate, snub, veto |
| Main Entry: | blacklist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ban |
Synonyms: |
banish, bar, blackball, boycott, debar, exclude, expel, hit list, ostracize, preclude, proscribe, put on hit list, reject, repudiate, snub, thumbs down, vote against |
Antonyms: |
accept, allow, ask in, permit, welcome |
| Main Entry: | black sheep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgraceful person |
Synonyms: |
ne'er-do-well, outcast, pariah, prodigal, reject, reprobate |
| 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: | break with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | part ways |
Synonyms: |
ditch, drop, jilt, reject, renounce, separate |