reject

[ri-jekt, ree-jekt] / rɪˈdʒɛkt, ˈri dʒɛkt /

VERB

say no to

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deny dismiss rebuff refuse renounce repudiate scrap spurn turn down veto

STRONG

burn cashier chuck decline despise disallow disbelieve discard discount discredit disdain eliminate exclude jettison jilt kill nix repel reprobate repulse scoff scorn scout second shed shun slough

WEAK

cast aside cast off cast out give thumbs down to not buy pass by pass on pass up put down shoot down throw away throw out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK accept admit agree allow approve grant keep sanction welcome

STRONG

admire attract believe include increase like love praise take on trust

WEAK

choose ratify

Example Sentences

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Sturgeon told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "I reject completely the notion that people were trying to alert the party to the kind of behaviour that Peter pled guilty to on Monday."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

We got our bread from a day-old store, or would get a big box of the reject cookies from a bakery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Emphasising that parliament was the source of checks and balances, he said that "we will vote for laws that are in the public interest and reject those that are not".

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

But it is better to recognize, and reject, that deeper, more destabilizing attack on the very idea of law lurking beneath.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Many academic articles contain bewildering non sequiturs and digressions that the authors stuck in at the insistence of an anonymous reviewer who had the power to reject it from the journal if they didn’t comply.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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