Dictionary entry details
• REJECT (noun)
Meaning:
The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
cull; reject
Hypernyms ("reject" is a kind of...):
deciding; decision making (the cognitive process of reaching a decision)
• REJECT (verb)
Meaning:
Refuse to accept or acknowledge
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context examples:
I reject the idea of starting a war / The journal rejected the student's paper
Hypernyms (to "reject" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reject"):
disbelieve; discredit (reject as false; refuse to accept)
repudiate (refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid)
recuse (challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law)
reprobate (reject (documents) as invalid)
renounce; repudiate (cast off or disown)
brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside (bar from attention or consideration)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Antonym:
accept (consider or hold as true)
Meaning:
Refuse to accept
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
pass up; turn down; decline; refuse; reject
Context example:
He refused my offer of hospitality
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reject"):
dishonor; dishonour (refuse to accept)
bounce (refuse to accept and send back)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They reject the money
Meaning:
Deem wrong or inappropriate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
disapprove; reject
Context example:
I disapprove of her child rearing methods
Hypernyms (to "reject" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reject"):
object (express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent)
deprecate (express strong disapproval of; deplore)
deter; discourage (try to prevent; show opposition to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Reject with contempt
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
spurn; freeze off; scorn; pooh-pooh; disdain; turn down; reject
Context example:
She spurned his advances
Hypernyms (to "reject" is one way to...):
decline; refuse (show unwillingness towards)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reject"):
rebuff; repel; snub (reject outright and bluntly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
refuse; reject; resist
Context example:
His body rejected the liver of the donor
Hypernyms (to "reject" is one way to...):
react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Refuse entrance or membership
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
turn down; turn away; reject; refuse
Context examples:
They turned away hundreds of fans / Black people were often rejected by country clubs
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
admit (allow to enter; grant entry to)
Meaning:
Dismiss from consideration or a contest
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
winnow out; rule out; eliminate; reject
Context examples:
John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi / This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
