reject Antonyms
Opposite of reject
• verb (Context 1)
To dismiss or refuse to accept, believe, or agree to a proposal, idea, or request.
"The committee decided to accept the initial budget proposal."
• verb (Context 2)
To cast aside or discard something as defective, inadequate, or unusable.
"Inspectors keep any fruit that shows signs of bruising."
• verb (Context 3)
To fail to show due affection, care, or acceptance toward a person.
"She worried that her traditional family might embrace her after she changed careers."
• noun (Context 4)
A person who has been refused acceptance into a group, organization, or society.
"He felt like a social insider during his first year at the new school."
• verb (Context 5)
To have an adverse immune reaction to transplanted organ or tissue (of a body or organism).
"Patients take immunosuppressive medication so their bodies do not accept the transplanted kidney."
Similar words to reject
Words similar to reject shift depending on context. Common synonyms include: