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| NOUN | 1 | reject, cull | The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality |
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| VERB | 1 | reject | Refuse to accept or acknowledge |
| 2 | reject, refuse, pass up, turn down, decline | Refuse to accept | |
| 3 | reject, disapprove | Deem wrong or inappropriate | |
| 4 | reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | Reject with contempt | |
| 5 | reject, resist, refuse | Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | |
| 6 | reject, turn down, turn away, refuse | Refuse entrance or membership | |
| 7 | reject, rule out, eliminate, winnow out | Dismiss from consideration or a contest |
| Sounds | rihjheh'kt; riy'jhehkt |
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| Rhymes | abject, affect, aftereffect, and 65 more rhymes in ehkt... |
| Meaning | The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality. |
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| Synonyms | cull |
| Broader | decision making, deciding |
| Verbs | reject; reject |
| Meaning | Refuse to accept or acknowledge. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" |
| Contrary | accept |
| Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge |
| Narrower | disbelieve, discredit; repudiate; recuse; reprobate; renounce, repudiate; dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore |
| Adjectives | rejective |
| Nouns | rejection |
| Meaning | Refuse to accept. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
| Model | They reject the money |
| Synonyms | refuse, pass up, turn down, decline |
| Contrary | accept, take, have |
| Similar to | reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down |
| Narrower | dishonor, dishonour; bounce |
| Nouns | rejection |
| Meaning | Deem wrong or inappropriate. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | disapprove |
| Contrary | approve, O.K., okay, sanction |
| Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge |
| Narrower | object; deprecate; deter, discourage |
| Adjectives | rejective |
| Nouns | rejection |
| Meaning | Reject with contempt. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down |
| Similar to | refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline; reject, turn down, turn away, refuse |
| Broader | refuse, decline |
| Narrower | rebuff, snub, repel |
| Adjectives | rejective |
| Nouns | reject |
| Meaning | Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "His body rejected the liver of the donor" |
| Synonyms | resist, refuse |
| Broader | react, respond |
| Meaning | Refuse entrance or membership. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" |
| Synonyms | turn down, turn away, refuse |
| Contrary | admit, allow in, let in, intromit |
| Similar to | reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down |
| Nouns | reject |
| Meaning | Dismiss from consideration or a contest. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | rule out, eliminate, winnow out |
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