What is another word for gainsay?
515 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɡ_ˈeɪ_n_s_eɪ], [ ɡˈe͡ɪnse͡ɪ], [ ɡˈeɪnseɪ]Table of Contents
Similar words for gainsay:- challenge (noun)
- belie (verb)
- complain (verb)
- contradict (verb)
- contravene (verb)
- decline (verb)
- deny (verb)
- disaffirm (verb)
- disavow (verb)
- disclaim (verb)
- dispute (verb)
- refute (verb)
- traverse (verb)
- other synonyms
- deny
- reject
- traverse
Definition for Gainsay:
- To contradict; to oppose in words.
Synonyms for Gainsay:
n.
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- disagree,
- controvert.
v.
•belie (verb)- dis agree,
- dis-agreeing,
- dis-agreed,
- dis agreeing,
- dis agreed,
- be lied,
- dis agrees,
- dis-agrees,
- be lying,
- be-lying,
- be-lied,
- dis-agree.
- be-wailing,
- dis sents,
- makes a fuss,
- in dict,
- kicked up fuss,
- dis approves,
- kicked fuss,
- be moan,
- be-wail,
- be-moans,
- dis-approve,
- ex postulated,
- be-wailed,
- dis-sents,
- re pined,
- found fault,
- looks askance,
- re pining,
- ex-postulate,
- be moaned,
- kicking up a fuss,
- ex postulating,
- be-moan,
- kicks a fuss,
- made a fuss,
- kicking a fuss,
- re pine,
- ex-postulates,
- took exception to,
- sounding off,
- dis-approved,
- make fuss,
- ex-postulated,
- ex-postulating,
- dis-approving,
- re-pines,
- pro tested,
- dis-approves,
- kicks up a fuss,
- in-dict,
- kicked a fuss,
- pro-tested,
- pro-testing,
- kicks up fuss,
- be wailing,
- dis sent,
- be-moaning,
- re-pined,
- re-pine,
- be moans,
- looked askance,
- sounded off,
- dis approving,
- looking askance,
- kicked up a fuss,
- dis approve,
- finding fault,
- kick a fuss,
- be wailed,
- be wail,
- kick fuss,
- be-moaned,
- made fuss,
- dis approved,
- takes exception to,
- re pines,
- re-pining,
- kick up fuss,
- be wails,
- taking exception to,
- kicking up fuss,
- kicks fuss,
- pro testing,
- be moaning,
- ex postulate,
- dis-sent,
- ex postulates,
- makes fuss,
- making a fuss,
- making fuss,
- sounds off,
- kicking fuss,
- be-wails,
- finds fault.
- dis obeys,
- over steps,
- in fringes,
- conflicted with,
- inter feres,
- in-fracted,
- infracts,
- over stepping,
- over-steps,
- dis-obey,
- inter fere,
- inter posed,
- inter pose,
- dis obey,
- inter-posing,
- inter-feres,
- in fringing,
- inter-posed,
- inter posing,
- inter-fere,
- over-stepping,
- dis obeyed,
- in-fringing,
- conflicts with,
- over-stepped,
- dis-obeyed,
- over stepped,
- dis-obeying,
- inter-pose,
- in fringe,
- in-fringed,
- in fringed,
- in-fringes,
- dis obeying,
- in fracted,
- in-fringe,
- dis-obeys,
- conflicting with.
- by passed,
- de clines,
- not accepts,
- by passing,
- begs to be excused,
- dis-missing,
- not accepting,
- beg be excused,
- don't bought,
- re-fused,
- dont buys,
- sent regrets,
- begged be excused,
- de-clines,
- dis missing,
- begged to be excused,
- re-probating,
- by passes,
- nixed,
- re-probated,
- de-cline,
- re probated,
- re probates,
- sending regrets,
- re-fusing,
- don't buying,
- re-probate,
- begs be excused,
- re-probates,
- turns thumbs down,
- re fuse,
- dis missed,
- turned thumbs down,
- dis-missed,
- re probating,
- sends regrets,
- de cline,
- re fused,
- dont buy,
- by pass,
- re fuses,
- re fusing,
- dont buying,
- re probate,
- re-fuse,
- begging to be excused,
- re-fuses,
- turning thumbs down,
- begging be excused,
- dont bought,
- don't buys.
- dis-credits,
- dis-carded,
- with holding,
- dis acknowledge,
- dis-owning,
- enjoins from,
- dis-allowing,
- dis allow,
- dis acknowledges,
- re canted,
- dis carding,
- be grudges,
- dis believing,
- dis-acknowledging,
- dis-acknowledged,
- be-grudges,
- re canting,
- re-buffed,
- dis allows,
- with-held,
- re-strained,
- re strained,
- dis owning,
- re-buffing,
- says no to,
- re buff,
- re-butted,
- dis-owned,
- dis-allowed,
- not buys,
- dis-carding,
- re buffed,
- saying no to,
- be grudging,
- dis owned,
- dis acknowledging,
- not buying,
- dis allowed,
- dis-cards,
- dis-believing,
- dis credits,
- dis-credited,
- be-grudged,
- dis-crediting,
- dis carded,
- with hold,
- re strain,
- re-butting,
- dis-allows,
- re-buffs,
- dis cards,
- dis acknowledged,
- enjoined from,
- dis believes,
- dis-acknowledges,
- dis crediting,
- be grudged,
- dis-believed,
- with-holds,
- dis-card,
- re straining,
- calls on,
- dis allowing,
- dis believe,
- be-grudge,
- dis credit,
- re butting,
- re-canting,
- be-grudging,
- with holds,
- dis credited,
- re buffing,
- re buffs,
- dis-allow,
- dis card,
- re-strain,
- dis-credit,
- re-strains,
- dis-acknowledge,
- re strains,
- re-straining,
- with held,
- dis-believe,
- be grudge,
- said no to,
- enjoining from,
- re-canted,
- not bought,
- dis believed,
- with-hold,
- re butted,
- dis-believes.
- dis affirmed,
- dis-affirm,
- dis-affirming,
- dis-affirmed,
- dis-affirms,
- dis affirm,
- dis affirming,
- dis affirms.
- re-nigging,
- dis avow,
- dis avowed,
- re-nigged,
- re nig,
- re-nigs,
- weaseled out of,
- dis avowing,
- re nigs,
- go back word,
- re nigged,
- wormed out of,
- worms out of,
- dis avows,
- dis-avows,
- went back on word,
- washing hands of,
- weaseling out of,
- dis-avowed,
- weasels out of,
- re-nig,
- goes back on word,
- going back word,
- washes hands of,
- dis-avow,
- renigs,
- went back word,
- washed hands of,
- renigging,
- worming out of,
- going back on word,
- renigged,
- re nigging,
- dis-avowing,
- goes back word.
- be-littles,
- dis-claimed,
- turns back on,
- divorced from,
- dis claiming,
- divorcing from,
- divorces from,
- dis claim,
- dis-claims,
- dis claims,
- divorces oneself from,
- re tracts,
- be-little,
- turning back on,
- divorcing oneself from,
- re-tracts,
- re tract,
- be littles,
- re-tract,
- dis claimed,
- dis-claiming,
- dis-claim,
- divorced oneself from.
- de bate,
- jump on case,
- jumping ones case,
- jumped on ones case,
- jumping on ones case,
- discepting,
- de bated,
- jump ones case,
- dis cept,
- bumps heads,
- jumping on case,
- has at,
- haddest at,
- jumps one case,
- dis-cussing,
- jumping one case,
- jumped one case,
- jumped on case,
- jumped one's case,
- dis cussed,
- tost around,
- thrashing out,
- dis-cuss,
- jumped on one case,
- de-bating,
- jumps one's case,
- picks a bone,
- picks bone,
- jumped ones case,
- jump one's case,
- dis-cussed,
- de-bate,
- jumps on one's case,
- kicks around,
- picking a bone,
- discepts,
- jumps on one case,
- de bates,
- dis cuss,
- thrashed out,
- thrashes out,
- jump one case,
- dis-cusses,
- de-bates,
- de bating,
- jumped on one's case,
- jump on one case,
- jumping on one's case,
- jumped case,
- bumping heads,
- hast at,
- jumps on case,
- picked a bone,
- jumps on ones case,
- discepted,
- jumping one's case,
- dis cussing,
- jumping case,
- bumped heads,
- tossing around,
- dis-cept,
- jump on ones case,
- hadst at,
- jumps ones case,
- dis cusses,
- having at,
- tosses around,
- picking bone,
- pick bone,
- jump case,
- jumps case,
- picked bone,
- hath at,
- de-bated,
- jumping on one case.
- dis confirm,
- replying to,
- shooting down,
- takes a stand against,
- shot full of holes,
- blowing sky high,
- gives lie to,
- dis-confirming,
- dis-confirm,
- dis confirms,
- replies to,
- gave lie to,
- dis-confirms,
- shooting full of holes,
- shooting full holes,
- over thrown,
- dis-confirmed,
- shoots full holes,
- taking a stand against,
- shoots down,
- over-throw,
- over throws,
- giving the lie to,
- burning down,
- over throw,
- shoots full of holes,
- dis confirmed,
- blows sky high,
- took a stand against,
- burnt down,
- taking stand against,
- take stand against,
- gave thumbs down to,
- over-thrown,
- blew sky high,
- argued against,
- takes stand against,
- gives the lie to,
- argues against,
- gives thumbs down to,
- gave the lie to,
- shoot full holes,
- disconfirms,
- giving lie to,
- dis confirming,
- over-throws,
- giving thumbs down to,
- burned down,
- took stand against,
- over throwing,
- over-throwing,
- shot full holes.
Other synonyms:
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- oppugn.
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- belie.
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- negative.
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