reject

Synonyms

• cullremove something that has been rejected; look for and gather; the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

• "I reject the idea of starting a war"
• "The journal rejected the student's paper"

• "He refused my offer of hospitality"

Synonyms

• refusefood that is discarded (as from a kitchen) ; show unwillingness towards; refuse to accept; elude, especially in a baffling way; refuse to let have; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; refuse entrance or membership
• pass uprefuse to accept; fail to acknowledge
• turn downrefuse to accept; refuse entrance or membership; reject with contempt; take a downward direction; make lower or quieter
• declinechange toward something smaller or lower ; a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual decrease; a downward slope or bend ; grow worse; refuse to accept; show unwillingness towards; grow smaller; go down; go down in value; inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

• "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

Synonyms

• disapproveconsider bad or wrong ; deem wrong or inappropriate

• "She spurned his advances"

Synonyms

• spurnreject with contempt
• freeze offreject with contempt
• scornlack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; open disrespect for a person or thing ; look down on with disdain; reject with contempt
• pooh-poohexpress contempt about ; reject with contempt
• disdainlack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient ; look down on with disdain; reject with contempt
• turn downrefuse to accept; refuse entrance or membership; reject with contempt; take a downward direction; make lower or quieter

• "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

Synonyms

• resistelude, especially in a baffling way; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something ; express opposition through action or words; withstand the force of something; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; refuse to comply
• refusefood that is discarded (as from a kitchen) ; show unwillingness towards; refuse to accept; elude, especially in a baffling way; refuse to let have; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; refuse entrance or membership

• "They turned away hundreds of fans"
• "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

Synonyms

• turn downrefuse to accept; refuse entrance or membership; reject with contempt; take a downward direction; make lower or quieter
• turn awaymove so as not face somebody or something ; turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest ; refuse entrance or membership; turn away or aside
• refusefood that is discarded (as from a kitchen) ; show unwillingness towards; refuse to accept; elude, especially in a baffling way; refuse to let have; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; refuse entrance or membership

• "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"
• "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

Synonyms

• rule outmake impossible, especially beforehand ; include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules ; dismiss from consideration or a contest
• eliminateterminate, end, or take out; do away with ; kill in large numbers; dismiss from consideration or a contest; eliminate from the body; remove from a contest or race; remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
• winnow outdismiss from consideration or a contest