reject

Plural: rejects

Noun

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
• Something that is rejected.
• An unpopular person.
• A rejected defective product in a production line.
• A rejected takeoff.

Verb

Verb Forms: rejected, rejecting, rejects

• To refuse to accept, consider, or make use of.
• refuse to accept or acknowledge
  • "I reject the idea of starting a war"
  • "The journal rejected the student's paper"
• refuse to accept
• deem wrong or inappropriate
• reject with contempt
• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
  • "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
• refuse entrance or membership
  • "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
• dismiss from consideration or a contest
• To refuse to accept; to forswear.
• To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
• To refuse a romantic advance.

Examples

• I've been rejected three times this week.
• She even rejected my improved offer.
• The Scrabble judge had to REJECT his opponent’s invalid word, saving his winning streak.

Synonyms

cull, decline, disapprove, disdain, eliminate, freeze off, pass up, pooh-pooh, refuse, resist, rule out, scorn, spurn, turn away, turn down, winnow out, RTO, abjure, abnegate, alien, castaway, deny, discount, dismiss, disown, outcast, repudiate, say no

Antonyms

accept, admit, approve, take up

Anagrams of reject