nix
1 of 4verb
ˈniks 
nixed; nixing; nixes
transitive verb
US, informal
: to refuse to accept or allow (something) : veto, reject
The court nixed the merger.
Many of Paris's newest hangouts are nixing gilded French style in favor of white walls, psychedelia and menus of tuna carpaccio and Parmesan-arugula salad.
Jane Sigal
Jane SigalPrince has cited artistic factors for nixing the reunion. Chris Willman
Chris Willmannix
2 of 4adverb
: no —used to express disagreement or the withholding of permission —often used with on
they said nix on our plan
nix
3 of 4noun (1)
: nothing
There's a whole day's work for nix.
nix
4 of 4noun (2)
: a water sprite of Germanic folklore
Synonyms
Verb
- decline
- deny
- disallow
- disapprove
- negative
- refuse
- reject
- reprobate
- withhold
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb our supervisor nixed my request to work from home, if only on a trial basis movie audiences have effectively nixed the idea of the reviving the old-fashioned western by emphatically ignoring this latest effort
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1), Verb, and Adverb
German nichts nothing
Noun (2)
German, from Old High German nihhus; akin to Old English nicor water monster and perhaps to Greek nizein to wash
First Known Use
Verb
circa 1903, in the meaning defined above
Adverb
1862, in the meaning defined above
Noun (1)
1789, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1833, in the meaning defined above
nixing
verb
1
as in rejecting
to be unwilling to grant our supervisor nixed my request to work from home, if only on a trial basis Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- rejecting
- denying
- refusing
- declining
- disallowing
- withholding
- vetoing
- disapproving
- forbidding
- prohibiting
- banning
- restricting
- spurning
- proscribing
- keeping
- negativing
- rebuffing
- reprobating
- curbing
- enjoining
- checking
- restraining
- constraining
- impeding
- hindering
- repelling
- repressing
- holding
- obstructing
- balking (at)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- granting
- letting
- permitting
- providing
- allowing
- conceding
- supplying
- giving
- okaying
- affording
- authorizing
- furnishing
- acquiescing
- licensing
- commissioning
- warranting
- according
- sanctioning
- agreeing (to)
- consenting (to)
- OK'ing
- acceding (to)
- assenting (to)
- licencing
- vouchsafing
2
as in dismissing
to reject by or as if by a vote movie audiences have effectively nixed the idea of the reviving the old-fashioned western by emphatically ignoring this latest effort Synonyms & Similar Words
- dismissing
- vetoing
- refusing
- killing
- downing
- disallowing
- blackballing
- disapproving
- shooting down
- declining
- negativing
- blacklisting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- confirming
- approving
- admitting
- ratifying
- allowing
- passing
- supporting
- sanctioning
- electing
- assenting (to)
3
as in refusing
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to the committee nixed the additional expenditures Synonyms & Similar Words
- rejecting
- refusing
- declining
- ignoring
- avoiding
- vetoing
- denying
- spurning
- dismissing
- denying
- withdrawing
- repudiating
- passing
- forbidding
- disapproving
- disputing
- deselecting
- prohibiting
- turning down
- overruling
- disputing
- throwing over
- passing up
- rebuffing
- reprobating
- negativing
- disdaining
- proscribing
- throwing out
- revoking
- renouncing
- scorning
- sticking
- scouting
- bypassing
- disavowing
- negating
- retracting
- forswearing
- turning one's back on
- balking (at)
- disclaiming
- abjuring
- recalling
- refuting
- detouring
- disowning
- disallowing
- contradicting
- disproving
- recanting
- blowing off
- backtracking
- reneging
- rebutting
- shooting down
- foreswearing
- forbearing
- taking back
- controverting
- gainsaying
- unsaying
- backing off
- backing down
- abstaining (from)
- refraining (from)
- disagreeing (with)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- approving
- accepting
- adopting
- taking
- embracing
- receiving
- tolerating
- agreeing (to)
- swallowing
- agreeing
- selecting
- choosing
- condoning
- acceding
- welcoming
- countenancing
- assenting
- supporting
- acquiescing
- consenting
- espousing
- handpicking