Synonyms for Turn down:

• n.

  •
  • actuate,
  • energize,
  • eject,
  • flash,
  • flick,
  • crank,
  • coax,
  • control,
  • activate,
  • engage.
  •
  • fold,
  • unfold,
  • double,
  • fold up,
  • unfurl,
  • close.
  •
  • shake your head.
  •
  • curb,
  • decrease,
  • hush.
  •disdain (noun)
  • disdain.
  •freeze off (noun)
  • freeze off.
  •lour (noun)
  • lour.

• v.

  •balk (verb)
  • crimp,
  • evade,
  • dodge,
  • flinch,
  • hesitate,
  • shy,
  • cramp,
  • demur,
  • desist,
  • shirk,
  • recoil.
  •decline (verb)
  • abjure,
  • renounce,
  • forbear,
  • bypass,
  • forgo,
  • avoid,
  • refrain,
  • abstain,
  • gainsay.
  •deny (verb)
  • contravene,
  • refute,
  • disclaim,
  • keep back,
  • doubt,
  • forsake,
  • abnegate,
  • not buy,
  • discard,
  • disown,
  • ban,
  • controvert,
  • exclude,
  • restrain,
  • taboo,
  • revoke,
  • rebut,
  • hold back,
  • eschew,
  • contradict,
  • oppose,
  • take exception to,
  • call on,
  • say no to,
  • Disacknowledge,
  • nullify,
  • sacrifice,
  • disprove,
  • discredit,
  • recant,
  • disavow,
  • enjoin from,
  • begrudge,
  • disbelieve,
  • forbid.
  •dim (verb)
  • befog,
  • dull,
  • fog,
  • blur,
  • muddy,
  • obfuscate,
  • eclipse,
  • fade,
  • pale,
  • blear,
  • tarnish,
  • bedim,
  • lower,
  • haze,
  • becloud,
  • cloud.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • decry,
  • find fault with,
  • denounce,
  • deplore,
  • discountenance,
  • disesteem,
  • censure,
  • look down on,
  • pan,
  • deprecate,
  • expostulate,
  • reprove,
  • slam,
  • criticize,
  • chastise,
  • frown on,
  • dislike,
  • remonstrate,
  • set aside,
  • object to,
  • look askance at,
  • Discommend,
  • blame,
  • take dim view of,
  • damn,
  • reprehend,
  • disfavor,
  • find unacceptable,
  • dispraise,
  • detract,
  • zing.
  •invert (verb)
  • change,
  • flip-flop,
  • backtrack,
  • introvert,
  • overturn,
  • turn inside out,
  • evert,
  • turn over,
  • alter,
  • double back,
  • upend,
  • turn the tables,
  • tip,
  • transpose,
  • capsize,
  • upturn,
  • renege,
  • Transplace,
  • revert,
  • convert,
  • inverse,
  • upset,
  • flip,
  • modify.
  •mute (verb)
  • bottle up,
  • gag,
  • drown,
  • moderate,
  • muzzle,
  • soft-pedal,
  • benumb,
  • dampen,
  • deaden,
  • subdue,
  • silence.
  •negate (verb)
  • annul,
  • kill,
  • abolish,
  • ding,
  • cancel,
  • quash,
  • impugn,
  • retract,
  • frustrate,
  • repeal,
  • break with,
  • countercheck,
  • Disaffirm,
  • redress,
  • put down,
  • undo,
  • traverse,
  • void,
  • abate,
  • reverse,
  • cancel out,
  • fly in the face of,
  • vitiate,
  • invalidate,
  • annihilate,
  • stonewall,
  • belie,
  • abrogate,
  • rescind,
  • neutralize.
  •quiet (verb)
  • muffle,
  • quiet,
  • still.
  •rebuff (verb)
  • chide,
  • rebuke,
  • cut,
  • neglect,
  • hold off,
  • check,
  • cross,
  • put off,
  • slight,
  • tell off,
  • stave off,
  • discourage.
  •reduce (verb)
  • de-base,
  • wound down,
  • dis counted,
  • re-duce,
  • goes a diet,
  • takes weight,
  • scales down,
  • re-bate,
  • re-cede,
  • go a diet,
  • re-ceding,
  • takes off weight,
  • de-press,
  • dis counting,
  • taking weight,
  • goes on a diet,
  • rolls back,
  • rolling back,
  • losing weight,
  • going diet,
  • re duces,
  • de-presses,
  • took weight,
  • re bated,
  • de press,
  • going a diet,
  • re ceding,
  • goes on diet,
  • de basing,
  • re-bating,
  • banted,
  • bants,
  • re-cedes,
  • de-pressed,
  • dis-counting,
  • re-bated,
  • re bating,
  • de pressing,
  • going on diet,
  • dis-counts,
  • re-duces,
  • re-bates,
  • goes diet,
  • re-ceded,
  • took off weight,
  • de based,
  • nutshelled,
  • nutshelling,
  • go on diet,
  • went a diet,
  • rolled back,
  • went on diet,
  • de presses,
  • re cedes,
  • went on a diet,
  • go diet,
  • de base,
  • slows down,
  • de-basing,
  • dis counts,
  • slowing down,
  • winds down,
  • went diet,
  • taking off weight,
  • de-pressing,
  • take weight,
  • dis-counted,
  • re bates,
  • de-based,
  • winded down,
  • de pressed,
  • re duce,
  • lost weight,
  • re bate,
  • going on a diet.
  •refuse (verb)
  • dis-accord,
  • re-fuses,
  • not budges,
  • turned deaf ear to,
  • not budged,
  • refuses to receive,
  • turns back on,
  • dis-sent,
  • gives thumbs down to,
  • refused receive,
  • refuses receive,
  • dis according,
  • sent off,
  • with drew,
  • dis accorded,
  • sends off,
  • with-drawing,
  • pro-tested,
  • not budgeting,
  • made excuses,
  • gave thumbs down to,
  • with drawn,
  • turned one back on,
  • turning from,
  • refuse receive,
  • turning one back on,
  • re fusing,
  • turned one's back on,
  • turn one back on,
  • turning one's back on,
  • begging off,
  • turn ones back on,
  • re fuse,
  • turned ones back on,
  • with draws,
  • dis-according,
  • not budgets,
  • begs off,
  • turns ones back on,
  • with-drawn,
  • turns one back on,
  • re-fuse,
  • turns from,
  • turned from,
  • turns one's back on,
  • pro testing,
  • dis-accorded,
  • not budgeted,
  • re-fusing,
  • dis sent,
  • refusing to receive,
  • with draw,
  • re fused,
  • with drawing,
  • turns deaf ear to,
  • dis sents,
  • with-drew,
  • dis-accords,
  • dis accord,
  • refusing receive,
  • making excuses,
  • turning deaf ear to,
  • re-fused,
  • pro tested,
  • dis-sents,
  • with-draw,
  • turning ones back on,
  • dis accords,
  • turning back on,
  • makes excuses,
  • re fuses,
  • begged off,
  • giving thumbs down to,
  • pro-testing,
  • not budging,
  • refused to receive,
  • sending off.
  •repel (verb)
  • beating back,
  • keeps off,
  • puts flight,
  • with-stands,
  • puts to flight,
  • duelled,
  • keeping off,
  • with standing,
  • forced off,
  • forced back,
  • drave off,
  • with stand,
  • drove away,
  • stood up against,
  • stands against,
  • gave cold shoulder to,
  • drove off,
  • putting flight,
  • chases away,
  • giving cold shoulder to,
  • with stood,
  • drave away,
  • kept off,
  • drives back,
  • putting to flight,
  • put flight,
  • forces off,
  • with-standing,
  • forcing off,
  • stood against,
  • standing up against,
  • driving off,
  • with-stand,
  • drove back,
  • drives off,
  • chasing away,
  • stands up against,
  • beats back,
  • forces back,
  • gives cold shoulder to,
  • forcing back,
  • drave back,
  • driving away,
  • drives away,
  • with stands.
  •repudiate (verb)
  • being against,
  • was against,
  • dis-inherited,
  • washed ones hands of,
  • am against,
  • de-fault,
  • washing one hands of,
  • dis inherits,
  • are against,
  • wert against,
  • dis honored,
  • wast against,
  • dis honor,
  • dis honors,
  • dis-honors,
  • de faulting,
  • wash one hands of,
  • dis-inherit,
  • were against,
  • washing hands of,
  • dis-inherits,
  • dis-honoring,
  • dis-honored,
  • washing one's hands of,
  • dis inherit,
  • de sert,
  • washed one hands of,
  • tergiversing,
  • de-faulting,
  • wash ones hands of,
  • dis inherited,
  • dis honoring,
  • de-faults,
  • de faulted,
  • washing ones hands of,
  • washed one's hands of,
  • washes ones hands of,
  • washes hands of,
  • de-faulted,
  • dis inheriting,
  • de-sert,
  • tergiverses,
  • de faults,
  • dis-inheriting,
  • art against,
  • washed hands of,
  • de fault,
  • tergiversed,
  • washes one's hands of,
  • washes one hands of,
  • dis-honor.
  •repulse (verb)
  • re pulsed,
  • dis gust,
  • relucts,
  • dis gusting,
  • re volts,
  • dis-gusting,
  • dis gusted,
  • relucted,
  • re pulses,
  • dis-gusts,
  • gives pain,
  • dis gusts,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re volt,
  • re pulsing,
  • dis-gust,
  • re-pulsing,
  • re-volts,
  • giving a pain,
  • gave a pain,
  • re-pulses,
  • re-pulse,
  • re pulse,
  • giving pain,
  • dis-gusted,
  • gave pain,
  • relucting,
  • gives a pain,
  • re-volt.
  •resist (verb)
  • counter vailed,
  • putting up a fight,
  • counter-vailed,
  • remained firm,
  • remains firm,
  • re mains,
  • counter acts,
  • puts up a fight,
  • holding out against,
  • stands up to,
  • counter vails,
  • struggling against,
  • re main,
  • counter vail,
  • keeping from,
  • re mained,
  • stood to,
  • counter act,
  • died hard,
  • putting a fight,
  • counter vailing,
  • put fight,
  • pre venting,
  • stands to,
  • counter-vails,
  • abstaining from,
  • puts a fight,
  • pre vent,
  • leaved alone,
  • dying hard,
  • pre-venting,
  • counter-vail,
  • keeps from,
  • putting up fight,
  • leaves alone,
  • puts up fight,
  • kept from,
  • dieing hard,
  • counter-vailing,
  • counter acting,
  • re-mains,
  • re maining,
  • pre-vents,
  • counter-acts,
  • counter-acted,
  • counter acted,
  • remaining firm,
  • dies hard,
  • counter-act,
  • putting fight,
  • puts fight,
  • standing up to,
  • put a fight,
  • counter-acting,
  • abstained from,
  • pre vents,
  • pre-vent,
  • struggled against,
  • leaving alone,
  • struggles against,
  • re-main,
  • pre-vented.
  •soften (verb)
  • dis-integrates,
  • dis integrates,
  • becoming tender,
  • became tender,
  • dis-integrate,
  • dis-integrated,
  • dis-solves,
  • re lax,
  • dis solve,
  • dis-integrating,
  • dis-solved,
  • dis integrated,
  • dis integrating,
  • dis integrate,
  • becomes tender,
  • dis solves,
  • dis-solving,
  • dis solving,
  • re-lax,
  • dis solved,
  • dis-solve.
  •spurn (verb)
  • held in contempt,
  • turns nose at,
  • give cold shoulder,
  • turning nose at,
  • holding contempt,
  • turning nose up at,
  • holding in contempt,
  • turns nose up at,
  • turned nose at,
  • holds contempt,
  • steered clear,
  • held contempt,
  • steers clear,
  • hold contempt,
  • turned nose up at,
  • holds in contempt,
  • turn nose at,
  • steering clear.
  •throw away (verb)
  • failed exploit,
  • rids oneself of,
  • ridding oneself of,
  • un burdened,
  • failing exploit,
  • were wasteful,
  • rids of,
  • ridded of,
  • freeing of,
  • freed of,
  • failed to exploit,
  • ridding of,
  • are wasteful,
  • wast wasteful,
  • un-burden,
  • un burdens,
  • ridded oneself of,
  • un burden,
  • freed oneself of,
  • art wasteful,
  • un-burdening,
  • fail exploit,
  • failing to exploit,
  • un burdening,
  • frees of,
  • fails exploit,
  • frees oneself of,
  • un-burdens,
  • am wasteful,
  • fails to exploit,
  • freeing oneself of,
  • wert wasteful,
  • being wasteful,
  • un-burdened,
  • was wasteful,
  • is wasteful.
  •veto (verb)
  • de feats,
  • inter dict,
  • de-feats,
  • giving thumbs down,
  • gives thumbs down,
  • de feat,
  • de-feat,
  • thumbsing down,
  • inter-dict,
  • thumbses down,
  • thumbsed down,
  • gave thumbs down.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ignore,
  • leave aside,
  • brush away,
  • toss aside,
  • turn away from,
  • push aside,
  • lay aside,
  • nix,
  • brush aside,
  • reckon without.
  •
  • recede,
  • shut out,
  • knock-down,
  • set-aside,
  • hear of,
  • blackball.
  •
  • negative,
  • withhold,
  • hide,
  • switch off,
  • shoot down,
  • disallow.
  •
  • revolt.
  •
  • dismiss.
  •condemn
  • disapprove.
  •deny
  • Negativing,
  • keeping back,
  • kept back,
  • calling on,
  • keeps back,
  • withholds,
  • Tabooed,
  • Tabooing,
  • Negatived,
  • called on.
  •dim
  • muddied,
  • Hazing,
  • Hazed,
  • Muddying,
  • dulls,
  • be cloud,
  • befogged,
  • Befogging,
  • Dulling,
  • befogs,
  • muddies.
  •disapprove
  • Disfavoring,
  • zinging,
  • setting aside,
  • Disfavored,
  • dispraises,
  • frowned on,
  • Dispraising,
  • Dispraised.
  •invert
  • upending,
  • flipflop,
  • everting,
  • up set,
  • Flipping,
  • up turn,
  • inverses,
  • turned inside out,
  • turned the tables,
  • upends,
  • EVERTS,
  • upended,
  • inversed,
  • Everted,
  • turning inside out,
  • upturning,
  • over turn,
  • flip-flopping.
  •negate
  • canceled out,
  • cancelling out,
  • counterchecks,
  • cancelled out,
  • fly in face of,
  • Counterchecking.
  •refuse
  • Regretted,
  • turn one's back on,
  • make excuses,
  • not care to,
  • turn from,
  • turns away,
  • refuse to receive,
  • not budge,
  • turn deaf ear to,
  • give thumbs down to,
  • send off,
  • turned back on,
  • turned away,
  • not budget,
  • turn back on,
  • Refusing,
  • turning away.
  •reject
  • cast out,
  • casting out,
  • shot down,
  • cast aside,
  • jettison.
  •repulse
  • Repulsing,
  • give pain,
  • give a pain,
  • Reluct.
  •resist
  • Hards,
  • stand to,
  • abstains from,
  • held out against,
  • put up fight,
  • struggle against,
  • holds out against,
  • die hard,
  • put up a fight,
  • stand up to,
  • keep from,
  • stood up to,
  • standing to,
  • harded,
  • left alone,
  • remain firm,
  • harding.
  •throw away
  • junked,
  • rid oneself of,
  • unburdening,
  • fail to exploit,
  • free oneself of,
  • unburdens,
  • rid of,
  • unburdened,
  • free of,
  • be wasteful.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disable,
  • jilt,
  • suppress,
  • thumb,
  • omit,
  • contemn,
  • invaginate,
  • turn the scale,
  • prevent,
  • block,
  • turn upside down,
  • shun,
  • drop,
  • go without,
  • leave alone,
  • preclude,
  • set,
  • outlaw,
  • let go,
  • despise,
  • tune,
  • give up,
  • tone down,
  • reprobate,
  • damp,
  • quieten,
  • adjust,
  • Resupinate,
  • scorn,
  • debar,
  • beg off,
  • lose,
  • hold out against,
  • throw out,
  • bring down,
  • let pass,
  • tune down,
  • turn away,
  • skip,
  • pass,
  • throw over,
  • snub,
  • brush off,
  • disqualify,
  • intussuscept,
  • proscribe,
  • stop,
  • screen out,
  • rotate,
  • interdict,
  • supinate,
  • cold shoulder,
  • pass by,
  • disregard,
  • do without,
  • cede,
  • pooh-pooh,
  • temper,
  • stand aloof,
  • stifle,
  • modulate,
  • rule out,
  • turn in,
  • fend off,
  • turn thumbs down on,
  • be unwilling,
  • frown,
  • show the door,
  • soft pedal,
  • hold out,
  • sneer at,
  • abstain from,
  • refuse consent,
  • revolve,
  • turn around,
  • abandon,
  • give the boot,
  • leave out,
  • recall,
  • sneeze at,
  • waive,
  • disagree,
  • forswear,
  • bar,
  • say no,
  • pronate,
  • be unmoved,
  • take down,
  • eliminate,
  • prohibit,
  • dissent,
  • balance,
  • regulate.

Antonyms for Turn down:

• v.

  • decline
    say yes.
  • deny
    acknowledge, allow, agree, concede, confess, grant, accede, admit, affirm, go along, corroborate.
  • dim
    lighten, brighten.
  • disapprove
    endorse, love, sanction, approve, like.
  • mute
    articulate, speak, voice.
  • negate
    permit.
  • rebuff
    include, take in, welcome, hug.
  • turn down
    accept, take, ok.
  • Other antonyms:
    let in, intromit.

Hyponym for Turn down:

• v.

  • change
    worsen, decline.