Reject meaning

What does “reject” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“reject” is a noun and verb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.

reject

the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Synonymscull

refuse to accept or acknowledge
“I reject the idea of starting a war”
“The journal rejected the student's paper”
Oppositesaccept
refuse to accept
“He refused my offer of hospitality”
Synonymsrefuse pass up turn down decline
deem wrong or inappropriate
“I disapprove of her child rearing methods”
Synonymsdisapprove
reject with contempt
“She spurned his advances”
Synonymsspurn freeze off scorn pooh-pooh disdain turn down
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
“His body rejected the liver of the donor”
Synonymsresist refuse
refuse entrance or membership
“They turned away hundreds of fans”
“Black people were often rejected by country clubs”
Synonymsturn down turn away refuse
Oppositesadmit
dismiss from consideration or a contest
“John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi”
“This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration”
Synonymsrule out eliminate winnow out

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University