Appropriate and Reject

Opposite meaning words

sentence examples collocations

Appropriate

Appropriate verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Appropriate
Antonyms for Appropriate
Reject is an antonym for appropriate in topics: allocate, steal.
Nearby Words: appropriation, appropriately, appropriateness, appropriated

Reject

Reject verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Reject
Antonyms for Reject
Appropriate is an antonym for reject.
Nearby Words: rejected, rejection, rejecting, rejector, rejecter
Similar words of appropriate

Similar words of reject

Common collocations

life appropriate life reject life
identity appropriate identity reject identity

Both words in one sentence

  • Variants of both — nudists who don't really "get" what the big deal about nudity is, and nudists who outright reject clothing (when appropriate), are closer to actual modern nudism.
    Source: Useful Notes / Nudism
Cite this Source
Reject and Appropriate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/reject
Appropriate & Reject. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/reject>.
Reject or Appropriate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/reject.

Antonyms for appropriate


Antonyms for reject

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "appropriate" and "reject" have occurred on timeline