Prize and Refuse

Prize

Prize noun - Someone or something unusually desirable.

Refuse is an antonym for prize.

Nearby Words: prized, prizing

Refuse

Refuse noun - Discarded or useless material.
Usage example: refuse had littered the playground until our volunteer group cleaned it up

Prize is an antonym for refuse.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

How words are described

human human prize human refuse
real real prize real refuse
little little prize little refuse
main main prize main refuse
Other adjectives: final, official, greatest.

Common collocations

chance prize chance refuse chance
time prize time refuse time
nothing prize nothing refuse nothing

Both words in one sentence

  • Disney / Robin Hood Knowing that he's in love in Marian, he announces that the winner of the tournament shall get a kiss from Marian as a first prize, knowing that Robin wouldn't refuse to take that opportunity.
  • Video Game / Final Fantasy X-2 Getting Crap Past the Radar: If Shinra wins the Sphere Break tournament in Chapter 3, he'll refuse to relinquish the Lady Luck dressphere that's the grand prize.
  • Video Game / Fable I You can refuse, although you forfeit a cash prize.
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