Synonyms for Refusing:

• adj.

  •negative (adjective)
  • dissenting,
  • Denying,
  • detrimental,
  • repugnant,
  • recusant,
  • removed,
  • weak,
  • pessimistic,
  • cynical,
  • colorless,
  • naysaying,
  • Privative,
  • Impugning,
  • Disallowing,
  • anti,
  • Abrogating,
  • Contravening,
  • Disavowing,
  • balky,
  • jaundiced,
  • Against,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • uninterested,
  • Resisting,
  • opposing,
  • nugatory,
  • antagonistic,
  • resistive,
  • counteractive,
  • unfavorable,
  • invalidating,
  • Annulling,
  • gloomy,
  • dissentient,
  • unaffirmative,
  • Neutralizing,
  • Nullifying,
  • contrary,
  • con,
  • unwilling,
  • adverse.
  •noncompliant (adjective)
  • refractory,
  • irregular,
  • declining,
  • Objecting,
  • non-compliant,
  • recalcitrant,
  • belligerent,
  • truculent,
  • divergent,
  • rebellious,
  • Declinatory,
  • contumacious,
  • restive,
  • impatient.

• n.

  •denial (noun)
  • cold shoulder,
  • Gainsaying,
  • non-committal,
  • protestation,
  • Refutal,
  • brush-off,
  • nonacceptance,
  • turndown,
  • Rejecting,
  • Refusing,
  • no way,
  • contradiction,
  • adjurations,
  • brushoff,
  • Dismissing,
  • Abstaining,
  • prohibition,
  • veto,
  • renouncements,
  • statement abnegation,
  • disapproval,
  • disproofs,
  • Refraining,
  • adjuration,
  • refutation,
  • renunciation,
  • disproof,
  • nay,
  • rebuttal,
  • repudiation,
  • no ways,
  • Repudiating,
  • renouncement,
  • disclaimer,
  • disavowal,
  • negation,
  • forswearing,
  • prohibitions,
  • rejection,
  • non-acceptance,
  • Controversion,
  • repulse,
  • noncommittal,
  • retraction,
  • Disallowance,
  • renegement,
  • declination,
  • disavowals.
  •traversal (noun)
  • statement,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • Disaffirmance.

• v.

  •abstain (verb)
  • refrain,
  • avoid,
  • forbear,
  • sit on the fence,
  • renounce,
  • go on the wagon,
  • cease,
  • curb,
  • give up,
  • sit on one's hands,
  • abnegate,
  • eschew,
  • do without,
  • take the cure,
  • deny oneself,
  • abjure,
  • starve,
  • constrain,
  • pass,
  • stop,
  • fence-sit,
  • refuse,
  • keep from,
  • quit,
  • forgo,
  • give the go by,
  • take the pledge,
  • sit out,
  • fast.
  •balk (verb)
  • resist,
  • crimp,
  • shy,
  • recoil,
  • shrink from,
  • cramp,
  • hesitate,
  • shirk,
  • upset apple cart,
  • flinch.
  •bar (verb)
  • eliminate,
  • circumvent,
  • segregate,
  • interdict,
  • limit,
  • hinder,
  • debar,
  • freeze out,
  • interfere,
  • exclude,
  • condemn,
  • discourage,
  • keep out,
  • prevent,
  • exile,
  • obstruct,
  • forbid,
  • enjoin,
  • ban,
  • frustrate,
  • preclude,
  • restrain,
  • override,
  • deny,
  • shut out,
  • rule out,
  • ostracize,
  • suspend,
  • boycott,
  • discountenance,
  • outlaw,
  • except.
  •boycott (verb)
  • embargo,
  • pass by,
  • proscribe,
  • prohibit,
  • withhold patronage,
  • strike,
  • blackball,
  • cut off,
  • hold aloof from,
  • snub,
  • ice out,
  • bar,
  • blacklist.
  •decline (verb)
  • beg to be excused,
  • balk,
  • gainsay,
  • bypass,
  • not hear of,
  • don't buy,
  • not think of,
  • pass on,
  • dismiss,
  • not accept,
  • abstain,
  • turn thumbs down.
  •prohibiting (verb)
  • controlling,
  • Outlawing,
  • Restraining,
  • curbing,
  • Prohibiting,
  • barring,
  • disqualifying,
  • inhibiting,
  • constraining,
  • banning,
  • Suppressing,
  • disapproving,
  • restricting,
  • Preventing,
  • forbidding,
  • blocking,
  • Curtailing,
  • Precluding,
  • Oppressing.
  •refuse (verb)
  • turn one's back on,
  • hold out,
  • set aside,
  • make excuses,
  • pass up,
  • withdraw,
  • not budge,
  • not budget,
  • turn deaf ear to,
  • shun,
  • give thumbs down to,
  • not care to,
  • ignore,
  • not buy,
  • turn from,
  • send off,
  • evade,
  • protest,
  • beg off,
  • brush off,
  • desist,
  • hold back,
  • refuse to receive,
  • dispense with,
  • send regrets,
  • nix,
  • disapprove,
  • regret,
  • dodge,
  • turn away,
  • reprobate,
  • disaccord,
  • hold off.
  •refusing (verb)
  • Disinclining,
  • Renouncing,
  • Repulsing,
  • disagreeing,
  • Disdaining.

• Other synonyms:

  •dissent
  • nonconformity.
  •Other relevant words:
  • elimination,
  • daring,
  • squeamish,
  • Littering,
  • Demar,
  • abandonment,
  • disapprobation,
  • push aside,
  • scorning,
  • junking,
  • swearing off,
  • withhold,
  • Jibbing,
  • Rebuffing,
  • Slumping,
  • loth,
  • dismissal,
  • abstinence,
  • expulsion,
  • averse,
  • backward,
  • protesting,
  • Dusting,
  • disapprove of,
  • self-deprivation,
  • forsake,
  • cancel,
  • relinquish,
  • abnegation,
  • scrupulous,
  • unconsenting,
  • negating,
  • privation,
  • keeping away from,
  • abdicate,
  • challenging,
  • indifferent,
  • banishment,
  • repudiate,
  • Defying,
  • Demurring,
  • negate,
  • shunning,
  • throw out,
  • reject,
  • dismissive,
  • excommunication,
  • Discarding,
  • resign,
  • louring,
  • Deflecting,
  • Abnegating,
  • giving up,
  • discard,
  • loath,
  • self-denial,
  • dissident,
  • remiss,
  • lowering,
  • QUST,
  • Decliner,
  • objection,
  • self-mortification,
  • Eliminating,
  • Fending,
  • Disclaiming,
  • unconverted,
  • Trashing,
  • Overruling,
  • Chaffing,
  • protestant,
  • Nonjuring,
  • decline,
  • disown,
  • exclusion,
  • turn down,
  • Abandoning,
  • repelling,
  • screen out,
  • disinclined,
  • disowning,
  • slack,
  • Excluding,
  • spurn,
  • involuntary,
  • Resigning,
  • suffering,
  • Vetoing,
  • lovering,
  • opposed,
  • contravene,
  • uncomplying,
  • abstention,
  • indisposed,
  • SFT,
  • averting,
  • baulking,
  • repel,
  • proscription,
  • Contradicting,
  • Jibing,
  • rebuff,
  • waning,
  • asceticism,
  • deaf to,
  • disclaim,
  • Disobeying,
  • rubbishing,
  • shy of,
  • Correcting,
  • worsening,
  • Avoiding,
  • fastidious,
  • dissent,
  • set,
  • wasting,
  • disallow,
  • bow out,
  • exception,
  • unconvinced,
  • hardship,
  • Traversing,
  • remaindering,
  • refusal,
  • scraping,
  • demur,
  • non-content,
  • retract,
  • Desisting,
  • Spurning,
  • dislike,
  • Restiff,
  • reluctant,
  • laggard,
  • balking,
  • abstemiousness,
  • DELY,
  • get down,
  • traversal.

Paraphrases for Refusing:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    refuse, refuses.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    refuse, refuses.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Rejecting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    rebuffs.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    refusals, Rejecting, rejection, rejected.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Rejecting, unwillingness, withholding, rejection, failure, reluctance.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    relinquishing, Refraining, opposing, Resigning, Repudiating, restricting, Resisting, Renouncing, foregoing, Discontinuing, Removing, accepting, releasing, Ignoring, Revoking, agreeing, Discarding, Disposing, Sacrificing, Dismissing, Forgetting, forbidding, interfering, Canceling, Cancelling, Disallowed, Disallowing, Abandoning, repelling, Repealing, worsening, Prohibiting, Excluding, Eliminating, opting, disapplying, Waiving, Discharging, failing, Granting, dumping, Precluding, withdrawing, Depriving, countering, Neglecting, unyielding, turning, declining, saying, Abolishing, dropping, Allowing, concealing, Avoiding, Vetoing, Throwing, negating, Objecting, Outlawing, challenging, banning, blocking, barring, lacking, emitting, clearing, damaging, keeping, no, Doing, withholding, rejection.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    opposes, refutes, disapproves, Denies, dismisses, spurns, turns, declines, objects, bars, nixes.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    deny.

Antonyms for Refusing:

• adj.

  • negative
    good, positive.
  • noncompliant
    obedient, willing, compliant, subservient.

• n.

  • denial
    claim, corroboration, approval, avowal, affirmation, Vouching, agreement.

• v.

  • abstain
    indulge, use.
  • bar
    advocate, permit, open.
  • boycott
    buy, support, encourage.
  • decline
    say yes.
  • refuse
    accept, allow, consent, approve, sanction, ok, offer, grant.