What are the opposite words for attract?
Antonyms for "attract" can vary depending on the context. Generally, antonyms can be defined as words that are opposite in meaning to a particular word. For example, some antonyms for "attract" could include words like repel, discourage, deter, or unappealing. These words convey an idea that is contrary to the concept of attracting, such as pushing something away or making someone uninterested. The use of antonyms can be useful in communication and writing as it can add contrast and emphasis to a particular point.
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reject
- cast aside,
- cast out,
- pass on,
- Reprobated,
- Reprobating,
- shoot down,
- passed on,
- passes on,
- passing on,
- not buy,
- casting aside,
- casting out,
- casts aside,
- casts out,
- dis believe,
- dis believed,
- dis believes,
- dis believing,
- dis card,
- dis carded,
- dis carding,
- dis cards,
- dis counted,
- dis counting,
- dis counts,
- dis credit,
- dis credited,
- dis crediting,
- dis credits,
- dis-believe,
- dis-believed,
- dis-believes,
- dis-believing,
- dis-card,
- dis-carded,
- dis-carding,
- dis-cards,
- dis-counted,
- dis-counting,
- dis-counts,
- dis-credit,
- dis-credited,
- dis-crediting,
- dis-credits,
- gave thumbs down to,
- give thumbs down to,
- gives thumbs down to,
- giving thumbs down to,
- nixed,
- nixing,
- not bought,
- not buying,
- not buys,
- re probate,
- re probating,
- re-probate,
- re-probated,
- re-probates,
- shooting down,
- shoots down,
- shot down.
- contact
-
defy
- Outdare,
- hurl defiance at,
- stuck fast,
- de ride,
- de rides,
- de riding,
- de-ride,
- de-rides,
- de-riding,
- dis regard,
- dis regarded,
- dis regarding,
- dis regards,
- dis-regard,
- dis-regarded,
- dis-regarding,
- dis-regards,
- flew face of,
- flew in face of,
- flies face of,
- fly face of,
- fly in face of,
- flying face of,
- flying in face of,
- hurled defiance at,
- hurling defiance at,
- made my day,
- make my day,
- makes my day,
- making my day,
- out dare,
- out dared,
- out dares,
- out daring,
- out-dare,
- out-dared,
- out-dares,
- out-daring,
- outdared,
- outdares,
- outdaring,
- stick fast,
- sticked fast,
- sticks fast,
- take one on,
- takes one on,
- taking one on,
- took one on,
- with stand,
- with standing,
- with stands,
- with stood,
- with-stand,
- with-standing,
- with-stands.
-
back
- drive back,
- drave back,
- drives back,
- driving back,
- drove back,
- re cedes,
- re ceding,
- re tire,
- re tired,
- re tires,
- re tiring,
- re tract,
- re tracts,
- re treating,
- re treats,
- re verse,
- re versing,
- re-cede,
- re-ceded,
- re-cedes,
- re-ceding,
- re-tire,
- re-tiring,
- re-tract,
- re-tracts,
- re-treat,
- re-treated,
- re-treating,
- re-treats,
- re-verse,
- re-versed,
- with draw,
- with drawing,
- with drawn,
- with draws,
- with drew,
- with-draw,
- with-drawing,
- with-drawn,
- with-drew.
- emotion
-
defeat
- finish off,
- mow down,
- torpedo,
- Shipwrecking,
- Torpedoes,
- Trashed,
- mowed down,
- mows down,
- mowing down,
- shipwrecks,
- torpedoing,
- roll back,
- prevail over,
- torpedoed,
- over-run,
- be sting,
- be-sting,
- de feat,
- de feats,
- de-feat,
- de-feats,
- dis comfit,
- dis comfits,
- dis-comfit,
- dis-comfits,
- finished off,
- finishes off,
- finishing off,
- out flank,
- out flanked,
- out maneuver,
- out maneuvered,
- out maneuvering,
- out-flank,
- out-flanked,
- out-flanking,
- out-flanks,
- out-maneuver,
- out-maneuvers,
- over powered,
- over powering,
- over powers,
- over running,
- over runs,
- over throw,
- over throwing,
- over thrown,
- over throws,
- over whelm,
- over whelmed,
- over whelming,
- over whelms,
- over-power,
- over-powered,
- over-powering,
- over-runs,
- over-throw,
- over-throwing,
- over-thrown,
- over-throws,
- over-whelm,
- over-whelmed,
- over-whelming,
- over-whelms,
- prevailed over,
- prevailing over,
- prevails over,
- re duce,
- re duces,
- re press,
- re pressed,
- re presses,
- re pressing,
- re-duce,
- re-duces,
- re-presses,
- re-pressing,
- rolled back,
- rolling back,
- rolls back,
- sub due,
- sub dues,
- sub jugate,
- sub-due,
- sub-dues,
- sur mount,
- sur mounted,
- sur mounting,
- sur mounts,
- sur-mount,
- sur-mounted,
- sur-mounting,
- sur-mounts,
- up set,
- up sets,
- up setting,
- up-set,
- up-sets,
- up-setting.
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repulse
- fight off,
- throw back,
- Repulsing,
- set back,
- gave a pain,
- gave pain,
- give a pain,
- give pain,
- gives a pain,
- gives pain,
- giving a pain,
- giving pain,
- heave ho,
- heave hoed,
- heave hoes,
- heave hoing,
- heave-ho,
- heave-hoed,
- heave-hoes,
- heave-hoing,
- heaveho,
- heavehoed,
- heavehoes,
- heavehoing,
- kick in teeth,
- kick in the teeth,
- kick teeth,
- kick the teeth,
- kicked in teeth,
- kicked in the teeth,
- kicked teeth,
- kicked the teeth,
- kicking in teeth,
- kicking in the teeth,
- kicking teeth,
- kicking the teeth,
- kicks in teeth,
- kicks in the teeth,
- kicks teeth,
- kicks the teeth,
- re pulse,
- re pulsed,
- re pulses,
- re pulsing,
- re-pulse,
- re-pulsed,
- re-pulses,
- re-pulsing,
- threw back,
- throwing back.
-
sicken
- de range,
- de ranged,
- de ranges,
- de ranging,
- de-range,
- de-ranged,
- de-ranges,
- de-ranging,
- dis order,
- dis ordered,
- dis ordering,
- dis orders,
- dis-order,
- dis-ordered,
- dis-ordering,
- dis-orders,
- un hinge,
- un hinged,
- un hinges,
- un hinging,
- un settle,
- un settled,
- un settles,
- un settling,
- un-hinge,
- un-hinged,
- un-hinges,
- un-hinging,
- un-settle,
- un-settled,
- un-settling.
- revolt
-
elude
- beat around the bush,
- get around,
- pass up,
- Shying,
- run around,
- shies,
- steer clear of,
- get away from,
- not touch,
- beating around the bush,
- be beyond someone,
- am beyond someone,
- are beyond someone,
- art beyond someone,
- beat around bush,
- beating around bush,
- beats around bush,
- beats around the bush,
- being beyond someone,
- gat around,
- gat away from,
- gave runaround,
- gave slip,
- gave the runaround,
- gave the slip,
- gave wide berth to,
- gets around,
- gets away from,
- getting around,
- getting away from,
- give runaround,
- give slip,
- give the runaround,
- give the slip,
- give wide berth to,
- gives runaround,
- gives slip,
- gives the runaround,
- gives the slip,
- gives wide berth to,
- giving runaround,
- giving slip,
- giving the runaround,
- giving the slip,
- giving wide berth to,
- got away from,
- gotten around,
- gotten away from,
- hem haw,
- is beyond someone,
- not touched,
- not touches,
- not touching,
- out run,
- out runs,
- out wit,
- out wits,
- out witted,
- out witting,
- out-run,
- out-running,
- out-runs,
- out-wit,
- out-wits,
- out-witting,
- passed up,
- passes up,
- passing up,
- ran around,
- running around,
- runs around,
- staid shy of,
- stay shy of,
- stayed shy of,
- staying shy of,
- stays shy of,
- steered clear of,
- steering clear of,
- steers clear of,
- was beyond someone,
- wast beyond someone,
- were beyond someone,
- wert beyond someone.
-
fend off
- keep off,
- ward off,
- turn aside,
- turned aside,
- beat off,
- beating off,
- beats off,
- held at bay,
- hold bay,
- holding at bay,
- holding bay,
- holds at bay,
- holds bay,
- keep arm length,
- keep arm's length,
- keep arms length,
- keep at a distance,
- keep at arm length,
- keep at arm's length,
- keep at arms length,
- keep at distance,
- keep distance,
- keeping a distance,
- keeping arm length,
- keeping arm's length,
- keeping arms length,
- keeping at arm length,
- keeping at arm's length,
- keeping at arms length,
- keeping at distance,
- keeping distance,
- keeps a distance,
- keeps arm length,
- keeps arm's length,
- keeps at a distance,
- keeps at arm length,
- keeps at arm's length,
- keeps at arms length,
- keeps at distance,
- keeps off,
- kept a distance,
- kept arm's length,
- kept arms length,
- kept at a distance,
- kept at arm length,
- kept at arm's length,
- kept at arms length,
- kept distance,
- kept off,
- re fuse,
- re fused,
- re fuses,
- re fusing,
- re-fuse,
- re-fused,
- turning aside,
- turns aside.
- nauseate
-
rebuff
- push back,
- de cline,
- de clines,
- de-cline,
- de-clines,
- dis allow,
- dis allowed,
- dis allowing,
- dis allows,
- dis courage,
- dis courages,
- dis missed,
- dis missing,
- dis-allow,
- dis-allowed,
- dis-allowing,
- dis-allows,
- dis-courage,
- dis-courages,
- dis-missed,
- dis-missing,
- keep at bay,
- keep bay,
- keeping at bay,
- keeping bay,
- keeps bay,
- kept bay,
- lashed out at,
- lashes out at,
- lashing out at,
- not hear of,
- pushed back,
- pushes back,
- pushing back,
- put in one place,
- put in one's place,
- put in ones place,
- put one place,
- put one's place,
- put ones place,
- put place,
- puts in one place,
- puts in one's place,
- puts in ones place,
- puts in place,
- puts one place,
- puts one's place,
- puts ones place,
- puts place,
- putting in one place,
- putting in one's place,
- putting in ones place,
- putting in place,
- putting one place,
- putting one's place,
- putting ones place,
- putting place,
- re buff,
- re buffed,
- re buffing,
- re buffs,
- re prove,
- re proved,
- re proves,
- re-buffed,
- re-buffing,
- re-buffs,
- re-prove,
- re-proved,
- re-proves,
- re-proving,
- sending away,
- sends away,
- sent away.
-
rebut
- disconfirming,
- evert,
- everting,
- Everted,
- Negatived,
- Negativing,
- EVERTS,
- disconfirm,
- prove false,
- came back at,
- come back at,
- comes back at,
- coming back at,
- dis confirm,
- dis confirmed,
- dis confirming,
- dis confirms,
- dis prove,
- dis proved,
- dis proves,
- dis proving,
- dis-confirm,
- dis-confirmed,
- dis-confirming,
- dis-confirms,
- dis-prove,
- dis-proved,
- dis-proves,
- dis-proving,
- disconfirmed,
- disconfirms,
- in validate,
- in validated,
- in validates,
- in validating,
- in-validate,
- in-validated,
- in-validates,
- in-validating,
- over turn,
- over turning,
- over turns,
- over-turn,
- over-turning,
- proved false,
- proves false,
- proving false,
- re butted,
- re butting,
- re-butted,
- re-butting.
-
offend
- zinged,
- am disagreeable,
- are disagreeable,
- art disagreeable,
- be disagreeable,
- being disagreeable,
- dis gust,
- dis gusted,
- dis gusting,
- dis gusts,
- dis oblige,
- dis obliged,
- dis obliges,
- dis obliging,
- dis tress,
- dis tressed,
- dis tresses,
- dis-gust,
- dis-gusted,
- dis-gusting,
- dis-gusts,
- dis-oblige,
- dis-obliged,
- dis-obliges,
- dis-obliging,
- dis-tress,
- dis-tressed,
- dis-tresses,
- ex asperate,
- ex asperates,
- ex asperating,
- ex-asperate,
- ex-asperated,
- ex-asperates,
- ex-asperating,
- is disagreeable,
- out raged,
- out rages,
- out-rage,
- out-raged,
- out-rages,
- out-raging,
- turned one off,
- turning one off,
- turns one off,
- was disagreeable,
- wast disagreeable,
- were disagreeable.
- parry
- push away
-
repel
- beat back,
- chase away,
- drive away,
- drive off,
- force back,
- turn one's stomach,
- Dueling,
- knocked down,
- knocks down,
- knocking down,
- dueled,
- stand against,
- duelling,
- stand up against,
- put to flight,
- knock down,
- beating back,
- beats back,
- chased away,
- chases away,
- chasing away,
- dis owned,
- dis owning,
- dis-owned,
- dis-owning,
- drave away,
- drave off,
- drives away,
- drives off,
- driving away,
- driving off,
- drove away,
- drove off,
- duelled,
- force off,
- forced back,
- forced off,
- forces back,
- forces off,
- forcing back,
- forcing off,
- gave a pain in neck,
- gave a pain neck,
- gave cold shoulder to,
- gave pain in neck,
- gave pain neck,
- give a pain in neck,
- give a pain neck,
- give cold shoulder to,
- give pain in neck,
- give pain neck,
- gives a pain in neck,
- gives a pain neck,
- gives cold shoulder to,
- gives pain in neck,
- gives pain neck,
- giving a pain in neck,
- giving a pain neck,
- giving cold shoulder to,
- giving pain in neck,
- giving pain neck,
- keeps arms length,
- keeps at bay,
- kept arm length,
- kept at bay,
- made sick,
- make sick,
- makes sick,
- making sick,
- put flight,
- puts flight,
- puts to flight,
- putting flight,
- putting to flight,
- standing against,
- standing up against,
- stands against,
- stands up against,
- stood against,
- stood up against,
- turn one stomach,
- turn ones stomach,
- turned one stomach,
- turned one's stomach,
- turned ones stomach,
- turned stomach,
- turning one stomach,
- turning one's stomach,
- turning ones stomach,
- turning stomach,
- turns one stomach,
- turns one's stomach,
- turns ones stomach,
- turns stomach.
- draw attention
-
put in reverse direction
- back.
-
peeve
- toff,
- Bummed,
- Bumming,
- Hacked,
- Hacking,
- drave the wall,
- drave up the wall,
- drave up wall,
- drave wall,
- drive the wall,
- drive up the wall,
- drive up wall,
- drive wall,
- drives the wall,
- drives up the wall,
- drives up wall,
- drives wall,
- driving the wall,
- driving up the wall,
- driving up wall,
- driving wall,
- drove the wall,
- drove up the wall,
- drove up wall,
- drove wall,
- gat goat,
- gat one goat,
- gat one's goat,
- gat ones goat,
- get goat,
- get one goat,
- get one's goat,
- get ones goat,
- gets goat,
- gets one goat,
- gets one's goat,
- gets ones goat,
- getting goat,
- getting one goat,
- getting one's goat,
- getting ones goat,
- got goat,
- got one goat,
- got one's goat,
- got ones goat,
- gotten goat,
- gotten one goat,
- gotten one's goat,
- gotten ones goat,
- rub wrong way,
- t off,
- t offed,
- t offing,
- t offs,
- t-offed,
- t-offing,
- t-offs,
- toffed,
- toffing,
- toffs.
- conquer in military manner
-
challenge, frustrate
- defy.
- avoid; escape
- keep at bay
- make sick; disgust
- displease, insult
- ward off, circumvent
- bother, annoy
- turn away; give the cold shoulder
- argue against; prove wrong
- say no to
- push away; repulse
- disgust, nauseate
- revolt, make ill
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
perquisitions
- Antonyms:
- finding, ignorance.
