Need another word that means the same as “deny”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “deny” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Deny” are: traverse, abnegate, refuse, contradict, repudiate, gainsay, declare untrue, dissent from, disagree with, challenge, contest, oppose, turn down, reject, rebuff, repulse, decline, veto, dismiss
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “deny” as a verb can have the following definitions:
abnegate | Deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure. They abnegated their gods. |
challenge | Issue a challenge to. The mice were challenged with the influenza virus. |
contest | Take part in (a competition or election. The former chairman contests his dismissal. |
contradict | Be in contradiction with. He did not contradict what he said last week. |
declare untrue | Proclaim one’s support, sympathy, or opinion for or against. |
decline | Grow smaller. The sun began to creep round to the west and to decline. |
disagree with | Be of different opinions. |
dismiss | Deliberately cease to think about. He told his company to dismiss. |
dissent from | Express opposition through action or words. |
gainsay | Speak against or oppose (someone. None could gainsay her. |
oppose | Act against or in opposition to. We oppose the ban on abortion. |
rebuff | Force or drive back. Rebuff the attack. |
refuse | Refuse to let have. The old lady was refused admission to four hospitals. |
reject | Reject with contempt. His body could begin to reject the implanted heart. |
repudiate | Cast off. Breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate a contract. |
repulse | Cause to feel intense distaste and aversion. She left feeling hurt because she had been repulsed. |
traverse | Extend across or through. He traversed the forest. |
turn down | Channel one’s attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something. |
veto | Exercise a veto against a decision or proposal. The president vetoed the bill. |
abnegation | Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others. Abnegation of political power. |
apophasis | Mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned. |
contradict | Be in contradiction with. He did not contradict what he said last week. |
controvert | Prove to be false or incorrect. Subsequent work from the same laboratory controverted these results. |
denial | Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others. It resulted in a complete denial of his privileges. |
disallow | Command against. He was offside and the goal was disallowed. |
disavow | Deny any responsibility or support for. Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children. |
disavowal | The denial of any responsibility or support for something; repudiation. His disavowal of his previous writings. |
disclaim | Make a disclaimer about. The earl disclaimed his title. |
disown | Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting. Lovell s rich family had disowned him because of his marriage. |
gainsay | Speak against or oppose (someone. None could gainsay her. |
impugn | Attack as false or wrong. The father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother. |
inadmissible | (especially of evidence in court) not accepted as valid. He held that such evidence was inadmissible. |
interdict | Intercept and prevent the movement of (a prohibited commodity or person. Society will never interdict sex. |
negate | Make (a clause, sentence, or proposition) negative in meaning. Alcohol negates the effects of the drug. |
no | Quantifier used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of. His no was loud and clear. |
nullify | Make legally null and void; invalidate. Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions. |
objection | The speech act of objecting. His view is open to objection. |
rebut | Claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false. He had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends. |
rebuttal | The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument. |
recant | Say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical. Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun. |
refusal | A message refusing to accept something that is offered. An appeal against the refusal of a licence. |
refuse | Refuse entrance or membership. I refused to answer. |
refutation | Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something. He fails to give a clear refutation of the argument. |
refute | Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof. His voice challenging his audience to rise and refute him. |
reject | Reject with contempt. Some of the team s rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships. |
renounce | Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. They renounced the armed struggle. |
repudiate | Cast off. The woman repudiated the divorce settlement. |
repudiation | Denial of the truth or validity of something. Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated. |
veto | Exercise a veto against a decision or proposal. Neither state was given a veto over amendments to the Act. |
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