rejected
adjective
re·ject·ed ri-ˈjek-təd 
1
: not given approval or acceptance
a rejected lover
feeling lonely and rejected
2
medical : marked by or exhibiting immunological rejection (see rejection sense 1b)
… one patient received a second kidney (from his mother) after removal of a rejected kidney …
G. Lecatsas et al.
G. Lecatsas et al.
Synonyms
- abandoned
- derelict
- deserted
- desolate
- disused
- forgotten
- forsaken
- vacant
- vacated
- void
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Word History
First Known Use
1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1
rejected 1 of 2
adjective
as in abandoned
left unoccupied or unused picked up the rejected toy to see what was wrong with it Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- abandoned
- deserted
- disused
- vacated
- forgotten
- vacant
- forsaken
- derelict
- ignored
- discarded
- desolate
- neglected
- void
- refuse
- junked
- jettisoned
- empty
- waste
- unattended
- untended
- castaway
- shabby
- godforsaken
- miserable
- cast-off
- idle
- wretched
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- saved
- recovered
- redeemed
- reclaimed
- restored
- retrieved
- salvaged
- rescued
- rehabilitated
- reconditioned
- rehabbed
- repeopled
rejected
2 of 2verb
1
as in denied
to be unwilling to grant rejected his request for time off Synonyms & Similar Words
- denied
- refused
- declined
- disapproved
- withheld
- disallowed
- nixed
- vetoed
- reprobated
- spurned
- rebuffed
- negatived
- forbade
- prohibited
- banned
- restricted
- proscribed
- repelled
- kept
- enjoined
- checked
- restrained
- held
- constrained
- obstructed
- hindered
- repressed
- curbed
- impeded
- forbad
- balked (at)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- granted
- conceded
- provided
- permitted
- allowed
- let
- supplied
- furnished
- gave
- afforded
- okayed
- authorized
- commissioned
- acquiesced
- licensed
- agreed (to)
- warranted
- consented (to)
- sanctioned
- assented (to)
- acceded (to)
- accorded
- vouchsafed
- OK'd
- licenced
2
as in refuted
to declare not to be true I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that Synonyms & Similar Words
- denied
- refuted
- contradicted
- disowned
- disavowed
- repudiated
- disallowed
- disaffirmed
- negated
- disclaimed
- gainsaid
- disconfirmed
- challenged
- rebutted
- disproved
- traversed
- negatived
- disputed
- confuted
- disagreed (with)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- accepted
- confirmed
- admitted
- acknowledged
- adopted
- owned
- submitted
- conceded
- allowed
- embraced
- affirmed
- claimed
- declared
- announced
- asserted
- maintained
- avowed
- espoused
- verified
- validated
- averred
- professed
- corroborated
- substantiated
- authenticated
3
as in discarded
to get rid of as useless or unwanted sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered Synonyms & Similar Words
- discarded
- dumped
- ditched
- unloaded
- lost
- abandoned
- scrapped
- jettisoned
- junked
- dismissed
- tossed
- removed
- chucked
- shed
- exorcised
- eliminated
- laid by
- cashiered
- threw away
- set aside
- disposed of
- exorcized
- threw out
- pitched
- deep-sixed
- eighty-sixed
- abolished
- sluffed (off)
- abdicated
- deserted
- forsook
- shucked (off)
- 86'd
- flung (off or away)
- sloughed (off)
- cast (off)
- eradicated
- kicked out
- expunged
- annihilated
- wiped out
- exterminated
- liquidated
- extinguished
- extirpated
- stamped (out)
- rooted (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- adopted
- used
- embraced
- employed
- utilized
- retained
- held
- took on
- kept
- held back
4
as in refused
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to rejected his marriage proposal Synonyms & Similar Words
- refused
- declined
- ignored
- denied
- spurned
- dismissed
- denied
- vetoed
- disapproved
- passed
- repudiated
- withdrew
- avoided
- disputed
- nixed
- disputed
- rebuffed
- reprobated
- overruled
- deselected
- forbade
- turned down
- passed up
- threw over
- disdained
- negatived
- scorned
- threw out
- renounced
- prohibited
- disavowed
- balked (at)
- contradicted
- scouted
- retracted
- refuted
- proscribed
- disowned
- revoked
- recalled
- turned one's back on
- bypassed
- rebutted
- blew off
- recanted
- disclaimed
- abjured
- gainsaid
- stuck
- disproved
- shot down
- disallowed
- negated
- backtracked
- reneged
- forswore
- controverted
- took back
- detoured
- forbore
- forbad
- unsaid
- backed off
- abstained (from)
- foreswore
- backed down
- refrained (from)
- disagreed (with)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- accepted
- approved
- received
- adopted
- agreed (to)
- embraced
- tolerated
- agreed
- swallowed
- welcomed
- took
- acquiesced
- selected
- consented
- supported
- chose
- countenanced
- condoned
- acceded
- assented
- espoused
- handpicked