Noun has 1 sense

• reject(n = noun.cognition) cull - the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality;

Derived form verb reject₄, verb reject₆

Verb has 7 senses

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


Antonym: accept
Derived form noun rejection₁, adjective rejective₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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


Derived form noun rejection₁
Sample sentence:
They %s the money

• reject(v = verb.communication) disapprove - deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"


Derived form noun rejection₁, adjective rejective₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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



Derived form noun reject₁, adjective rejective₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something

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

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

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

Antonym: admit
Derived form noun reject₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

• reject(v = verb.cognition) eliminate, rule out, winnow out - 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"