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RECOMMENDS Antonyms

11 antonyms for recommends. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For RECOMMENDS

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
defers

verb

v

verb

• hold back to a later time

• yield to another's wish or opinion

disapproves

verb

v

verb

• consider bad or wrong

• deem wrong or inappropriate

discourages

verb

v

verb

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

• advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

dissuades

verb

v

verb

• turn away from by persuasion

opposes

verb

v

verb

• be against; express opposition to

• fight against or resist strongly

• contrast with equal weight or force

• set into opposition or rivalry

• act against or in opposition to

• be resistant to

rejects

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

vetoes

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

• An invocation of that right.

• An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

verb

• To use a veto against.

deprecate

verb

v

verb

• express strong disapproval of; deplore

• belittle

disapprove

verb

v

verb

• consider bad or wrong

• deem wrong or inappropriate

discourage

verb

v

verb

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

• advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

oppose

verb

v

verb

• be against; express opposition to

• fight against or resist strongly

• contrast with equal weight or force

• set into opposition or rivalry

• act against or in opposition to

• be resistant to

Alternatives for DEFERS

Words (8)
Phrases (4)

Alternatives for DISAPPROVES

Alternatives for DISCOURAGES

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Alternatives for DISSUADES

Alternatives for OPPOSES

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Phrases (6)

Alternatives for REJECTS

Words (32)
Phrases (6)

Alternatives for VETOES

Words (8)

Alternatives for DEPRECATE

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