Refuse Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-fyo͝oz
To be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. reject
  2. decline
  3. turn down
  4. spurn
  5. dismiss
  6. pass-up
  7. nix
  8. rebuff
  9. turn-away
Antonyms:
  1. accept
  2. allow
  3. ok
  4. offer
  5. grant
  6. sanction
  7. approve
  8. consent
To be unwilling to grant
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deny
  2. decline
  3. reject
  4. disallow
  5. resist
  6. turn down
  7. withhold
  8. withdraw
  9. repudiate
  10. spurn
  11. repel
  12. scorn
  13. pass-up
  14. forbid
  15. have no plans to
  16. not anticipate
  17. demur
  18. protest
  19. hold back
  20. shun
  21. evade
  22. dodge
  23. debris
  24. ignore
  25. turn from
  26. recoil
  27. balk
  28. beg to be excused
  29. send regrets
  30. beg-off
  31. make one's excuses
  32. regret
  33. dross
  34. send-off
  35. not budge
  36. cut out of the budget
  37. excrement
  38. not budget
  39. not care to
  40. refuse to receive
  41. dispense with
  42. garbage
  43. not be at home to
  44. disaccord with
  45. dissent
  46. junk
  47. say no
  48. make excuses
  49. disapprove
  50. litter
  51. set-aside
  52. turn-away
  53. brush-off
  54. offal
  55. not buy
  56. turn thumbs down
  57. hold out
  58. hold off
  59. rebuff
  60. turn one's back on
  61. turn a deaf ear to
  62. repulse
  63. rubbish
  64. scrap
  65. slag
  66. trash
  67. waste
Antonyms:
  1. accept
  2. allow
  3. admit
  4. consent
  5. lend oneself
Garbage
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rubbish
  2. litter
  3. waste
  4. leavings
Antonyms:
  1. possessions
  2. property
  3. assets
Refuse to let have
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. defy
  2. deny
  3. resist
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. garbage
  2. food waste
  3. scraps

Words Related to Refuse

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Refuse Sentence Examples

  • I can't refuse to answer you.

  • Having no way to refuse, she followed him to the campfire of their host.

  • He was glad I was free to refuse him.

  • What are you going to do if we refuse to follow you?

  • Strangely enough, the government did not refuse its consent.

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