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Overview of verb reject

The verb reject has 7 senses


  • reject -- (refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper")

  • refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline -- (refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality")

  • disapprove, reject -- (deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods")

  • reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down -- (reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances")

  • resist, reject, refuse -- (resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor")

  • reject, turn down, turn away, refuse -- (refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs")

  • rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject -- (dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration")


Overview of adj rejected

The adj rejected has 1 sense


  • jilted, rejected, spurned -- (rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar")