refuse - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Synonyms

• food waste
• garbage
• refuse
• scraps

More generic

• waste
• waste material
• waste matter
• waste product

Verb

show unwillingness towards

Synonyms

• decline
• refuse

More generic

• react
• respond

Opposite / Antonyms

• accept

More specific

• contract out
• disdain
• disobey
• freeze off
• pooh-pooh
• regret
• reject
• repudiate
• scorn
• spurn
• turn down

Verb

refuse to let have

Synonyms

• deny
• refuse

More generic

• hold on
• keep

More specific

• keep back
• withhold

Related

• abnegate
• deny

Verb

refuse to accept

Synonyms

• decline
• pass up
• refuse
• reject
• turn down

More specific

• bounce
• dishonor
• dishonour

Opposite / Antonyms

• accept

Related

• disdain
• freeze off
• pooh-pooh
• reject
• scorn
• spurn
• turn down

Verb

refuse entrance or membership

Synonyms

• refuse
• reject
• turn away
• turn down

Related

• disdain
• freeze off
• pooh-pooh
• reject
• scorn
• spurn
• turn down

Verb

elude, especially in a baffling way

Synonyms

• defy
• refuse
• resist

More generic

• elude
• escape

More specific

• beggar

Verb

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

Synonyms

• refuse
• reject
• resist

More generic

• react
• respond

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