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PARTICIPATES Antonyms

10 antonyms for participates. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PARTICIPATES

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
abstains

verb

v

verb

• refrain from voting

• choose not to consume

alienates

verb

v

verb

• arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

• transfer property or ownership

• make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

avoids

verb

v

verb

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• refrain from doing something

• refrain from certain foods or beverages

• declare invalid

declines

verb

v

noun

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

verb

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

excludes

verb

v

verb

• prevent from being included or considered or accepted

• prevent from entering; shut out

• lack or fail to include

• prevent from entering; keep out

• put out or expel from a place

isolates

verb, noun

v, n

verb

• place or set apart

• obtain in pure form

• set apart from others

• separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

refuses

verb

v

noun

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

verb

• show unwillingness towards

• not accept as true

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• refuse to let have

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

separates

verb

v

adjective

• independent; not united or joint

noun

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

adjective satellite

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

verb

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

shuns

verb

v

verb

• avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

• expel from a community or group

withdraws

verb

v

verb

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from active participation

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• cause to be returned

• take back what one has said

• keep away from others

• break from a meeting or gathering

• retire gracefully

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• lose interest

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Alternatives for ABSTAINS

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Phrases (1)

Alternatives for ALIENATES

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Alternatives for AVOIDS

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Phrases (5)

Alternatives for DECLINES

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Phrases (3)

Alternatives for EXCLUDES

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Alternatives for ISOLATES

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Alternatives for REFUSES

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Alternatives for SEPARATES

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