reject
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Types & categories
- decision making hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
refuse to accept or acknowledge
I reject the idea of starting a war
Types & categories
- pass judgment hypernym
- disbelieve hyponym
- repudiate hyponym
- recuse hyponym
- reprobate hyponym
- repudiate hyponym
- discount hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
refuse to accept
He refused my offer of hospitality
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
deem wrong or inappropriate
I disapprove of her child rearing methods
Types & categories
- pass judgment hypernym
- object hyponym
- deprecate hyponym
- deter hyponym
Related & opposite
- sanction antonym
- rejection derivation
- disapproval derivation
- rejective derivation
Sense 5 verb
reject with contempt
She spurned his advances
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
His body rejected the liver of the donor
Types & categories
- react hypernym
Related & opposite
- resistant derivation
Sense 7 verb
refuse entrance or membership
They turned away hundreds of fans
Related & opposite
- allow in antonym
- nonacceptance derivation
- cull derivation
- refusal derivation
- spurn verb group
Sense 8 verb
dismiss from consideration or a contest
John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spurn |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cull |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn down |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decision making |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | accept |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejective |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass judgment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disbelieve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | repudiate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recuse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reprobate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | repudiate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | discount |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | accept |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejection |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonacceptance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refusal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | regrets |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | spurn |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dishonor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bounce |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejection |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | disapproval |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejective |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pass judgment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | object |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deprecate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonacceptance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cull |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneerer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spurner |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejective |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | turn down |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | turn down |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | refuse |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebuff |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | resistant |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | react |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | allow in |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonacceptance |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | cull |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | refusal |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | spurn |