852 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ fˈɔːɡə͡ʊ], [ fˈɔːɡə‍ʊ], [ f_ˈɔː_ɡ_əʊ]

Similar words for forgo:

• foreswear (noun)
• forfeit (noun)
• forgo (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• abdicate (verb)
• abstain (verb)
• decline (verb)
• deny (verb)
• disagree, renounce, decline (verb)
• dispense with (verb)
• eschew (verb)
• forbear (verb)
• forsake (verb)
• forswear (verb)
• refrain (verb)
• resign (verb)
• resist (verb)
• rid (verb)
• sacrifice (verb)
• waive (verb)
• other synonyms
• deny
• dispense with
• eschew
• forswear
• hold back
• other relevant words
• relinquish
• renounce
• resign
• resist

Paraphrases for forgo

Homophones for forgo

Synonyms for Forgo:

• n.

  •
  • call off,
  • study at waive,
  • pull back,
  • hold back,
  • think better of something,
  • knock something on the head.
  • foreswear (noun)
  • foreswear.
  • forfeit (noun)
  • forfeit.
  • forgo (noun)
  • throw overboard.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • abandon,
  • action.

• v.

  • abdicate (verb)
  • leaves high dry,
  • sur renders,
  • leaving high and dry,
  • with draw,
  • sur render,
  • with-drawn,
  • left high dry,
  • leaved holding bag,
  • re tires,
  • re-tire,
  • leaving holding bag,
  • leave holding bag,
  • sur-rendering,
  • with-drawing,
  • leaved holding the bag,
  • bagging it,
  • leaving holding the bag,
  • re-tires,
  • sur rendering,
  • bags it,
  • with drawn,
  • leave lurch,
  • sur-renders,
  • leaves holding the bag,
  • leaved high dry,
  • leave high dry,
  • leaves high and dry,
  • leave the lurch,
  • with-draw,
  • with drawing,
  • bagged it,
  • sur-rendered,
  • sur-render,
  • re tire,
  • sur rendered,
  • with draws,
  • leaved high and dry,
  • left holding bag,
  • left high and dry,
  • with-drew,
  • re tired,
  • re tiring,
  • leaving high dry,
  • left holding the bag,
  • re-tiring,
  • with drew,
  • with-draws,
  • leaves holding bag.
  • abstain (verb)
  • kept from,
  • going wagon,
  • sat fence,
  • sat on hands,
  • sat on one hands,
  • went wagon,
  • sate fence,
  • re-fuses,
  • with held,
  • sitting on one's hands,
  • gave the go by,
  • go wagon,
  • sits one hands,
  • sate on one hands,
  • sat one hands,
  • sitting on one hands,
  • fence-sits,
  • took the cure,
  • sitting on fence,
  • sat one's hands,
  • sits on fence,
  • sate on fence,
  • fence sat,
  • sate on hands,
  • denies oneself,
  • go on wagon,
  • takes cure,
  • going on the wagon,
  • sits on one's hands,
  • denying oneself,
  • sits on the fence,
  • sitting hands,
  • re fused,
  • sate on ones hands,
  • sit ones hands,
  • sate hands,
  • sits fence,
  • sate ones hands,
  • took pledge,
  • going on wagon,
  • fencesat,
  • sate one hands,
  • re-fuse,
  • taking pledge,
  • sitting on the fence,
  • taking cure,
  • with holds,
  • went on wagon,
  • sit one hands,
  • giving go by,
  • going the wagon,
  • goes wagon,
  • went on the wagon,
  • fence sits,
  • keeps from,
  • sits on hands,
  • sitting ones hands,
  • sat ones hands,
  • with-hold,
  • denied oneself,
  • fence sit,
  • sit the fence,
  • passing up,
  • takes the pledge,
  • sit hands,
  • goes the wagon,
  • re fuses,
  • re fusing,
  • fencesitting,
  • taking the pledge,
  • sat the fence,
  • keeping from,
  • took cure,
  • take pledge,
  • take cure,
  • sits one's hands,
  • with-held,
  • went the wagon,
  • sat on the fence,
  • go the wagon,
  • gives the go by,
  • sat on ones hands,
  • sitting one's hands,
  • re fuse,
  • takes pledge,
  • sitting on ones hands,
  • sate on one's hands,
  • with-holds,
  • giving the go by,
  • sits ones hands,
  • gives go by,
  • sat on one's hands,
  • sit on ones hands,
  • sitting fence,
  • fencesits,
  • sitting out,
  • sitting the fence,
  • fencesit,
  • sitting one hands,
  • sits on one hands,
  • sits hands,
  • re-fused,
  • sits on ones hands,
  • sate on the fence,
  • re-fusing,
  • sits out,
  • sat on fence,
  • with holding,
  • sit fence,
  • fence sitting,
  • takes the cure,
  • passes up,
  • fence-sat,
  • sit one's hands,
  • goes on the wagon,
  • sit on one hands,
  • goes on wagon,
  • sitting on hands,
  • sate the fence,
  • sit on hands,
  • gave go by,
  • sits the fence,
  • give go by,
  • sat hands,
  • sate one's hands,
  • sate out,
  • with hold.
  • decline (verb)
  • dis approve,
  • re-probate,
  • dont buy,
  • dis-approving,
  • re probate,
  • de clines,
  • dont bought,
  • by passing,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • dis approved,
  • re probating,
  • dis missed,
  • begs to be excused,
  • dis-approves,
  • by pass,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • dont buys,
  • by passed,
  • begging to be excused,
  • dont buying,
  • beg be excused,
  • dis-approved,
  • begged to be excused,
  • sending regrets,
  • begs be excused,
  • begging be excused,
  • not accepts,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • dis approving,
  • don't buying,
  • dis-missed,
  • de cline,
  • re-probated,
  • dis missing,
  • sends regrets,
  • re probated,
  • not accepting,
  • by passes,
  • sent regrets,
  • don't bought,
  • re-probating,
  • dis-missing,
  • dis-approve,
  • begged be excused,
  • don't buys,
  • re probates,
  • nixed,
  • de-cline,
  • re-probates,
  • de-clines,
  • dis approves.
  • deny (verb)
  • dis cards,
  • be grudged,
  • dis-claiming,
  • be grudges,
  • dis-allow,
  • re-buffs,
  • dis-acknowledging,
  • dis-believes,
  • dis-acknowledges,
  • dis avowing,
  • dis believed,
  • dis-credit,
  • enjoins from,
  • dis carding,
  • dis credited,
  • dis proving,
  • be-grudges,
  • dis-owning,
  • dis-allowed,
  • be-grudging,
  • dis believe,
  • dis-proved,
  • dis-believed,
  • re butted,
  • re canting,
  • taking exception to,
  • dis acknowledging,
  • dis allow,
  • dis claiming,
  • re-straining,
  • be-grudge,
  • re buffing,
  • re butting,
  • veto,
  • re buffed,
  • be grudging,
  • re canted,
  • dis-claimed,
  • dis acknowledge,
  • re buff,
  • re straining,
  • dis-avowing,
  • dis avowed,
  • calls on,
  • dis-believing,
  • dis credits,
  • dis avow,
  • be-grudged,
  • re strains,
  • dis-allows,
  • dis believes,
  • dis avows,
  • not bought,
  • dis-carded,
  • dis-owned,
  • dis crediting,
  • said no to,
  • dis-credited,
  • dis-carding,
  • dis-proves,
  • re-canting,
  • dis owning,
  • dis claims,
  • dis-cards,
  • re-butted,
  • dis-believe,
  • re-butting,
  • dis-acknowledged,
  • dis-crediting,
  • dis acknowledges,
  • dis credit,
  • not buys,
  • dis believing,
  • re-buffing,
  • dis acknowledged,
  • dis prove,
  • dis-credits,
  • re-strained,
  • says no to,
  • takes exception to,
  • dis allows,
  • enjoining from,
  • re-strain,
  • dis card,
  • dis proved,
  • dis proves,
  • dis-card,
  • dis allowed,
  • took exception to,
  • dis carded,
  • re-buffed,
  • re-strains,
  • re-canted,
  • re strain,
  • dis-avow,
  • dis owned,
  • dis allowing,
  • dis-acknowledge,
  • dis-claim,
  • saying no to,
  • dis-claims,
  • re buffs,
  • enjoined from,
  • dis claimed,
  • not buying,
  • dis-avows,
  • be grudge,
  • dis-proving,
  • dis-prove,
  • dis-allowing,
  • re strained,
  • dis-avowed,
  • dis claim.
  • disagree, renounce, decline (verb)
  • deny.
  • dispense with (verb)
  • abstained from,
  • dis-regards,
  • dis regard,
  • dis regards,
  • dis-regarding,
  • rendered needless,
  • rendering needless,
  • dis regarding,
  • abstaining from,
  • renders needless,
  • dis regarded,
  • dis-regarded,
  • dis-regard.
  • eschew (verb)
  • hadst no truck with,
  • shied away from,
  • not touched,
  • not touches,
  • haddest no truck with,
  • lets well enough alone,
  • shies away from,
  • steers clear of,
  • swore off,
  • shying away from,
  • has no truck with,
  • swears off,
  • letting well enough alone,
  • had no truck with,
  • steered clear of,
  • having no truck with,
  • hast no truck with,
  • hath no truck with,
  • letted well enough alone,
  • sware off.
  • forbear (verb)
  • going easy,
  • went easy,
  • goes easy.
  • forsake (verb)
  • kisses goodbye,
  • washed one hands of,
  • takes oath,
  • show door,
  • wash one hands of,
  • hath done with,
  • shows the door,
  • has done with,
  • washing one hands of,
  • kissing goodbye,
  • washed hands of,
  • leaving flat,
  • drifting away,
  • sets aside,
  • had done with,
  • washing hands of,
  • taking oath,
  • haddest done with,
  • de-sert,
  • takes the oath,
  • change one tune,
  • runs out on,
  • change tune,
  • washes one hands of,
  • drifted away,
  • de sert,
  • took the oath,
  • washing one's hands of,
  • leaves flat,
  • showing the door,
  • showed door,
  • hast done with,
  • washed one's hands of,
  • left flat,
  • washes one's hands of,
  • wash ones hands of,
  • took oath,
  • hadst done with,
  • washes ones hands of,
  • showing door,
  • washes hands of,
  • showed the door,
  • ran out on,
  • change ones tune,
  • shows door,
  • washing ones hands of,
  • taking the oath,
  • having done with,
  • washed ones hands of,
  • kissed goodbye,
  • leaved flat.
  • forswear (verb)
  • re tract,
  • re tracts,
  • re calls,
  • re-calling,
  • re-called,
  • re-calls,
  • re-tract,
  • re-tracts,
  • re-call,
  • re calling.
  • refrain (verb)
  • art temperate,
  • being temperate,
  • are temperate,
  • was temperate,
  • not did,
  • wast temperate,
  • were temperate,
  • wert temperate,
  • is temperate,
  • am temperate.
  • resign (verb)
  • gives up ship,
  • handing in resignation,
  • gave up the ship,
  • ceases work,
  • giving notice,
  • walked out,
  • gave up ship,
  • separating from,
  • signing off,
  • hand resignation,
  • hands in resignation,
  • giving ship,
  • re-signing,
  • standing aside,
  • hangs it up,
  • re-signed,
  • gives up the ship,
  • gave ship,
  • hanging it up,
  • re-signs,
  • separates oneself from,
  • handed resignation,
  • ceased work,
  • hung it up,
  • throw towel,
  • threw the towel,
  • throw the towel,
  • stands aside,
  • re signed,
  • giving up ship,
  • handed in resignation,
  • ending service,
  • gave notice,
  • throws in towel,
  • throwing in towel,
  • gives notice,
  • handing resignation,
  • re signs,
  • separating oneself from,
  • stood aside,
  • give the ship,
  • signed off,
  • Re sign,
  • throwing the towel,
  • threw towel,
  • signs off,
  • give ship,
  • separated oneself from,
  • hands resignation,
  • ends service,
  • throws towel,
  • throws the towel,
  • re signing,
  • gives ship,
  • give up ship,
  • gave the ship,
  • threw in the towel,
  • giving up the ship,
  • re-sign,
  • walks out,
  • threw in towel,
  • throws in the towel,
  • ceasing work,
  • hanged it up,
  • throwing towel,
  • hanging up,
  • giving the ship,
  • separates from,
  • hanged up,
  • gives the ship,
  • ended service.
  • resist (verb)
  • died hard,
  • pre vents,
  • struggled against,
  • pre vent,
  • stood to,
  • counter-vail,
  • leaving alone,
  • stands to,
  • puts up fight,
  • re mained,
  • counter-vailing,
  • put a fight,
  • struggles against,
  • counter act,
  • pre-venting,
  • put fight,
  • putting up a fight,
  • putting a fight,
  • counter vailed,
  • counter-vails,
  • remained firm,
  • re maining,
  • counter acts,
  • dying hard,
  • standing up to,
  • counter-vailed,
  • pre-vent,
  • stands up to,
  • pre-vents,
  • leaves alone,
  • puts fight,
  • remaining firm,
  • leaved alone,
  • counter-acting,
  • counter-act,
  • struggling against,
  • dies hard,
  • re main,
  • putting fight,
  • pre venting,
  • counter-acted,
  • re-mains,
  • dieing hard,
  • counter acting,
  • re mains,
  • counter vail,
  • pre-vented,
  • duelled,
  • re-main,
  • putting up fight,
  • counter-acts,
  • counter acted,
  • holding out against,
  • counter vails,
  • puts a fight,
  • remains firm,
  • counter vailing,
  • puts up a fight.
  • rid (verb)
  • dispel,
  • reject,
  • drop,
  • dismiss,
  • dispose,
  • vent,
  • relegate,
  • cancel,
  • rid,
  • discard,
  • let go.
  • sacrifice (verb)
  • resigned oneself to,
  • resigning oneself to,
  • offering up,
  • offers up,
  • resigning to,
  • resigned to,
  • resigns to,
  • resigns oneself to.
  • waive (verb)
  • de-lays,
  • re serving,
  • all-owing,
  • re moving,
  • re-served,
  • post pone,
  • all owed,
  • pro rogue,
  • de-lay,
  • re-moves,
  • refrains from,
  • re served,
  • pro-rogued,
  • pro roguing,
  • re move,
  • pro-rogues,
  • re moved,
  • pro rogues,
  • all-owed,
  • re-move,
  • de laying,
  • post-pones,
  • refraining from,
  • re-serves,
  • post pones,
  • re serve,
  • de lay,
  • refrained from,
  • de lays,
  • re-moving,
  • all owing,
  • re-serving,
  • pro-roguing,
  • re-serve,
  • de-laying.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bale out,
  • disdain,
  • back out,
  • poop out,
  • cry off,
  • back down,
  • dip out,
  • beg off,
  • forget.
  •
  • opt out,
  • scrub,
  • bail.
  •
  • bail out,
  • default,
  • backtrack.
  • deny
  • Negativing,
  • not buy,
  • call on,
  • keep back,
  • Negatived,
  • keeping back,
  • say no to,
  • kept back,
  • keeps back,
  • Tabooed,
  • called on,
  • calling on,
  • enjoin from,
  • taboo,
  • Tabooing,
  • take exception to.
  • dispense with
  • shake off,
  • render needless,
  • abstains from,
  • abstain from,
  • getting rid of,
  • shakes off.
  • eschew
  • steer clear of,
  • not touch,
  • swear off,
  • not touching,
  • steering clear of,
  • shy away from,
  • swearing off,
  • let well enough alone,
  • have no truck with.
  • forswear
  • forswear,
  • Forsworn.
  • hold back
  • restrain oneself.
  • Other relevant words:
  • offer up,
  • drift away,
  • not hear of,
  • leave flat,
  • refrain,
  • take the cure,
  • decline,
  • Reprobated,
  • sit out,
  • sacrifice,
  • fence-sit,
  • wash one's hands of,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • leave high and dry,
  • part with,
  • waive,
  • spurn,
  • passing on,
  • parting with,
  • relinquish,
  • resign,
  • resign oneself to,
  • be temperate,
  • send regrets,
  • passed on,
  • pass on,
  • abdicate,
  • left in the lurch,
  • Forbore,
  • running out on,
  • have done with,
  • dispense with,
  • by-passed,
  • sat out,
  • parts with,
  • Prorogued,
  • by-passing,
  • withheld,
  • passed up,
  • quitclaim,
  • Shying,
  • fence-sitting,
  • don't buy,
  • show the door,
  • resist,
  • keep from,
  • not do,
  • by-passes,
  • Forgone,
  • run out on,
  • forsake,
  • beg to be excused,
  • eschew,
  • parted with,
  • passes on,
  • do without,
  • Proroguing,
  • withhold,
  • forgoing,
  • immolate,
  • leave holding the bag,
  • sit on fence,
  • By-pass,
  • setting aside,
  • prorogues,
  • refrain from,
  • sit on the fence,
  • give the go by,
  • kiss goodbye,
  • take the pledge,
  • pass up,
  • Shied,
  • taking the cure,
  • not accepted,
  • resign to,
  • shies,
  • starves,
  • offered up,
  • Paused,
  • renounce,
  • Reprobating,
  • starve,
  • Refusing,
  • abstain,
  • prorogue,
  • leave in lurch,
  • reprobates,
  • turn down,
  • go on the wagon,
  • not accept,
  • take oath,
  • leave,
  • jettison,
  • bag it,
  • took the pledge,
  • take the oath,
  • deny oneself,
  • nixing,
  • Withdrew,
  • drifts away,
  • not think of,
  • withholds,
  • sit on one's hands,
  • go easy,
  • give up,
  • forbear.
  • relinquish
  • drop like hot potato,
  • laid aside,
  • retire from,
  • quit cold turkey,
  • stand down,
  • lay aside,
  • stood down,
  • kiss good-bye,
  • lays aside.
  • renounce
  • Ratted,
  • divorce from,
  • ratting,
  • tergiverse,
  • toss over,
  • abnegate,
  • wash hands of,
  • apostacize,
  • divorce oneself from.
  • resign
  • hang up,
  • end service,
  • walk out,
  • give notice,
  • cease work,
  • sign off,
  • separated from,
  • separate from,
  • throw in the towel,
  • separate oneself from,
  • hand in resignation,
  • stand aside,
  • walking out,
  • hang it up,
  • throw in towel,
  • give up the ship,
  • throwing in the towel.
  • resist
  • standing to,
  • remain firm,
  • left alone,
  • stand to,
  • duel,
  • Dueling,
  • dueled,
  • leave alone,
  • die hard,
  • holds out against,
  • put up a fight,
  • hold out against,
  • harding,
  • stood up to,
  • put up fight,
  • harded,
  • duelling,
  • held out against,
  • Hards,
  • stand up to,
  • struggle against.

Paraphrases for Forgo:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    abandon.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    abolish, abort, abrogate, abstain, cancel, cease, desist, discard, disclaim, discontinue, dispense, eschew, forget, forgive, forsake, ignore, jettison, quit, refrain, reject, relinquish, renege, repudiate, rescind, resign, stop, surrender, waive.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    abdicate, drop, forego, forfeit, leave, lose, renounce, withdraw.

Homophones for Forgo:

• forego.