Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fighting, opposition |
| Synonyms: | battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, counteraction, cover, defiance, detention, fight, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, impedance, impediment, impeding, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, warding off, watch, withstanding |
| Antonyms: | compliance, conforming, cooperation, submission |
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | affront, brush-off, call-down, cold shoulder, contempt, cut, discourtesy, disdain, disregard, inattention, indifference, kick, neglect, put-down, rebuff, rejection, slap in the face, snub |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise, respect |
| Main Entry: | snub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give someone the cold shoulder |
| Synonyms: | act cool, boycott, brush off, burr, censure, chill, cool, cut, cut dead, disdain, disregard, duck, give the brush, humble, humiliate, ice out, ice*, ignore, look coldly upon, look right through, mortify, neglect, not give time of day, offend, ostracize, pass up, put down, put the chill on, rebuff, scold, scorn, scratch, shame, shun, slight, slur, snob, swank, upstage |
| Antonyms: | be friendly, include, socialize, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spurn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn away; ignore |
| Synonyms: | air, contemn, cut, decline, despise, disapprove, disdain, dismiss, disregard, drop, dump, flout, flush*, give the cold shoulder, hold in contempt, look down on, nix, not hear of, pass by, rebuff, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, sneeze at, snub, steer clear, turn down, turn nose up at |
| Antonyms: | embrace, want, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turn down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject |
| Synonyms: | decline, disapprove, dismiss, rebuff, refuse, reprobate, repudiate, say no, scorn, spurn, throw out |
| Antonyms: | accept, ok, take |
| Main Entry: | ward/ward off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defend, guard |
| Synonyms: | avert, avoid, beat off, block, check, deflect, deter, divert, fend, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, hold off, interrupt, keep at arm's length, keep at bay, keep off, obviate, parry, preclude, prevent, rebuff, rebut, repel, repulse, rule out, stave off, stop, stymie*, thwart, turn, turn aside, turn away |
| Antonyms: | lay bare, make vulnerable, open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brush off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore |
| Synonyms: | boycott, brush aside, cold-shoulder, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, ostracize, override, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, scorn, send away, slight, snub, spurn, sweep aside |
| Antonyms: | attend, pay attention |
| Main Entry: | stonewall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay |
| Synonyms: | filibuster, rebuff, resist, stall |
| Main Entry: | thumbs down |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rejection |
| Synonyms: | declining, disapproval, dissatisfaction, no, ostracism, rebuff, red light, refusal, snub, turndown, veto |
| Antonyms: | approval, thumbs up, welcome, yes |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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