What is another word for gainsay?
847 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɡˈe͡ɪnse͡ɪ], [ ɡˈeɪnseɪ], [ ɡ_ˈeɪ_n_s_eɪ]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)
- impugn (verb)
- negate (verb)
- oppose (verb)
- refute (verb)
- traverse (verb)
- other synonyms
- deny
- negate
- oppose
- other relevant words
- reject
- traverse
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.
- casts aspersions upon,
- casting doubt up on,
- cutting shreds,
- throwing doubt on,
- sticks it to,
- sticked to,
- swiped at,
- sticking to,
- throws the book at,
- cast aspersions up on,
- threw the book at,
- casting doubt upon,
- swiping at,
- pinning something on,
- cast doubt up on,
- cuts to shreds,
- skins alive,
- sticking it to,
- casting aspersions up on,
- pins something on,
- stuck it to,
- casts doubt up on,
- casts doubt upon,
- thumbs nose at,
- throws book at,
- cutting to shreds,
- thumbing nose at,
- sticked it to,
- throwing the book at,
- pinned something on,
- cuts shreds,
- throws doubt on,
- call in to question,
- swipes at,
- threw doubt on,
- throwing book at,
- cut shreds,
- casting aspersions upon,
- zinged,
- casts aspersions up on,
- threw book at,
- thumbed nose at.
- counter-check,
- counter checks,
- cancels out,
- re verse,
- un does,
- counter-checked,
- re-dress,
- re-peals,
- in validates,
- in validate,
- in validating,
- un did,
- re peal,
- re-dresses,
- re pealed,
- re peals,
- re dressing,
- un-does,
- canceling out,
- re-dressed,
- un-did,
- counter checked,
- un done,
- re versing,
- re-versed,
- counter-checks,
- re-pealing,
- un-doing,
- re-dressing,
- re dress,
- un doing,
- counter check,
- in validated,
- Counterchecked,
- re-verse,
- counter checking,
- re-pealed,
- in-validated,
- in-validate,
- counter-checking,
- re dresses,
- re pealing,
- in-validating,
- in-validates.
- ex-posing,
- pre-vent,
- with-stand,
- took a stand,
- not countenances,
- running counter to,
- with stood,
- counter attack,
- pre vent,
- frowning at,
- with stand,
- pre-vented,
- counter attacking,
- pre-venting,
- taking stand,
- pre vents,
- takes issue,
- ex posed,
- counter-attacking,
- took issue,
- standing up to,
- not countenancing,
- counter-attacked,
- stood to,
- turns the tables,
- spake against,
- stands to,
- speaks against,
- pre venting,
- ran counter to,
- spoke against,
- takes a stand,
- turn tables,
- faced down,
- runs counter to,
- turned tables,
- ex-pose,
- turning tables,
- takes stand,
- taking a stand,
- searches out,
- taking issue,
- frowns at,
- facing down,
- took stand,
- faces down,
- counter attacked,
- with standing,
- pre-vents,
- turns tables,
- speaking against,
- take stand,
- counter attacks,
- with-standing,
- ex pose,
- stands up to,
- with stands,
- frowned at,
- with-stands,
- ex-posed.
- 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.
-
•
- negative.
- forsake,
- withholds,
- withhold,
- veto,
- Tabooed,
- keeps back,
- enjoin from,
- taboo,
- keeping back,
- Tabooing,
- called on,
- calling on,
- call on,
- kept back,
- say no to,
- not buy,
- keep back.
- Counterchecking,
- cancel out,
- countercheck,
- cancelling out,
- counterchecks,
- cancelled out,
- canceled out.
- counterattacking,
- search out,
- counter-attacks,
- counter-attack,
- counterattacked,
- searching out,
- frown at,
- run counter to,
- not countenance,
- turn the tables,
- searched out,
- stood up to,
- not countenanced,
- stand to,
- standing to,
- speak against,
- turned the tables,
- take a stand,
- stand up to,
- face down,
- take issue.
- negate,
- spurn,
- evert,
- thrash out,
- everting,
- argue against,
- passing on,
- disconfirming,
- beg to be excused,
- kicked around,
- complain,
- Forsworn,
- have bone to pick,
- skinned alive,
- Fussing,
- Tarred,
- give the lie to,
- Reprobating,
- Negatived,
- kicking around,
- bump heads,
- Discept,
- Everted,
- Altercated,
- skinning alive,
- Negativing,
- throw doubt on,
- divorce oneself from,
- traverse,
- had at,
- welsh,
- Fussed,
- take exception to,
- breached,
- disconfirmed,
- By-pass,
- zinging,
- Infracting,
- kick around,
- dispute,
- not hear of,
- Impune,
- cast doubt upon,
- stick to,
- grumble,
- contravene,
- not accepted,
- shoot down,
- passes on,
- divorce from,
- Refusing,
- by-passes,
- altercate,
- tar,
- disconfirm,
- beefing,
- repudiate,
- sticks to,
- fly in the face of,
- by-passing,
- cut to shreds,
- whine,
- stuck to,
- Shied,
- grieve,
- Quarrelled,
- toss around,
- quibble,
- beefed,
- stick it to,
- pick a bone,
- deny,
- burns down,
- have at,
- be little,
- Altercating,
- conflict with,
- call in question,
- infringe,
- throw book at,
- jump on one's case,
- forswear,
- go back on word,
- shot down,
- replied to,
- groused,
- Tarring,
- blow sky high,
- refuse to accept,
- shies,
- thumb nose at,
- send regrets,
- Moaned,
- turned back on,
- turn down,
- contradict,
- indict,
- look askance,
- give thumbs down to,
- refute,
- turn thumbs down,
- pin something on,
- repine,
- moot,
- find fault,
- Disaffirm,
- take a stand against,
- infract,
- swipe at,
- decline,
- kick up a fuss,
- offend,
- Shying,
- forgoing,
- reprobates,
- tossed around,
- remonstrate,
- burn down,
- moots,
- lament,
- altercates,
- EVERTS,
- interpose,
- Mooted,
- shoot full of holes,
- not accept,
- fly in face of,
- cast aspersions upon,
- impugn,
- don't buy,
- by-passed,
- sound off,
- Tars,
- not think of,
- Mooting,
- Infracted,
- Transgressed,
- weasel out of,
- wash hands of,
- pass on,
- Breaching,
- overstep,
- nixing,
- groan,
- throw the book at,
- oppose,
- skin alive,
- Reprobated,
- Trashed,
- reply to,
- worm out of,
- Forgone,
- Forbore,
- make a fuss,
- grousing,
- passed on,
- turn back on,
- renig.
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