Definition of reject

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  • reject is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
  • reject is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
  • reject is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of reject

  • refuse entrance or membership (verb)

    Examples

    1. Black people were often rejected by country clubs

    Synonyms

    1. refuse
    2. turn away
    3. turn down
  • deem wrong or inappropriate (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. disapprove
  • resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ (verb)

    Examples

    1. His body rejected the liver of the donor

    Synonyms

    1. refuse
    2. resist
  • refuse to accept (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. decline
    2. pass up
    3. refuse
    4. turn down
  • the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cull
  • reject with contempt (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. disdain
    2. freeze off
    3. pooh-pooh
    4. scorn
    5. spurn
    6. turn down
  • dismiss from consideration or a contest (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. eliminate
    2. rule out
    3. winnow out
  • refuse to accept or acknowledge (verb)

    Examples

    1. I reject the idea of starting a war
    2. The journal rejected the student's paper

See definition of reject in Merriam Webster