accepted

The word “accepted” has 3 syllables: ac-cept-ed

It's pronounced as /əkˈsɛptɪd/

What is synonym and antonym for accepted?

In the thesaurus, “accepted” has 160 synonyms and 118 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for accepted along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for accepted

abided
abode
absorbed
acceded
acclaimed
accounted
accredited
accustomed
acknowledged
acquiesced
actual
adopted
advocated
agreed
allowed
applauded
approved
arrived at
assented
assumed
authorized
backed
believed
bided
bode
bore
bought
brooked
capitulated
card-carrying
ceremonial
ceremonious
certified
championed
chosen
commended
concluded
confirmed
consented
conventional
correct
countenanced
credited
current
customary
decorous
deduced
demonstrable
embraced
empiric
empirical
endorsed
endured
enjoyed
espoused
established
existential
experiential
experimental
factual
fashionable
favored
formal
formalistic
genteel
genuine
hacked
had
handled
hard
held with
in vogue
indisputable
indorsed
inferred
kosher
lauded
legit
liked
lived with
material
met
methodic
methodical
nice
normal
objective
observational
official
okayed
orderly
orthodox
passed
permitted
pocketed
polite
popular
praised
preferred
presumed
proper
provable
ratified
reaccepted
real
reassumed
received
recognized
recommended
regular
respectable
respected
ritual
ritualistic
routine
saluted
sanctioned
seemly
set store by
set store on
shouldered
standard
stomached
stood
stood by
stood for
straight
stuck out
suffered
supported
supposed
sustained
swallowed
sweat out
sweated out
systematic
time-honored
tolerated
took
took kindly to
took over
took up
toughed it out
touted
tried
tried-and-true
trusted
undeniable
understood
undertook
universal
unopposed
upheld
usual
verifiable
warranted
welcomed
went
went for
wore

Antonyms for accepted

abandoned
abjured
abnegated
abnormal
avoided
backed down
backed off
backtracked
blacklisted
bypassed
casual
censured
challenged
circumvented
combated
combatted
condemned
conjectural
contested
criticized
damned
declined
denied
denounced
deprecated
depreciated
detested
detoured
different
disallowed
disapproved
disavowed
disbelieved
disclaimed
discountenanced
discredited
disfavored
disliked
dismissed
disowned
disparaged
disputed
distrusted
dodged
doubted
eluded
escaped
evaded
forbore
forsook
fought
freewheeling
gave up
graceless
hated
held off
hypothetical
improper
inappropriate
incorrect
indecorous
inept
infelicitous
informal
irregular
loathed
metaphysical
minded
misdoubted
missed
mistrusted
negatived
nonempirical
opposed
protested
questionable
questioned
recanted
refused
rejected
relinquished
renounced
reprehended
reprobated
repudiated
resisted
retracted
speculative
spurned
surrendered
suspected
theoretic
theoretical
took back
transcendentalist
turned down
unapt
unauthorized
unbecoming
unceremonious
uncommon
unconventional
unempirical
unfit
unhappy
unofficial
unorthodox
unpopular
unproven
unsaid
unseemly
unsubstantiated
unsuitable
unusual
vetoed
visionary
withdrew
withstood

Meanings of accepted

verb
1. To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
2. To admit to a place or a group.
3. To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
4. To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
5. To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
6. To endure patiently.
7. To agree to pay.
8. To receive officially.
9. To receive something willingly.
adjective
1. Generally approved, believed, or recognized.

Example Sentences

She finally accepted the job offer after weeks of consideration.
The proposal was unanimously accepted by the board members.
He felt relieved when his application to the university was accepted.
The new policy was widely accepted by the employees.
Despite the challenges, she accepted the responsibility with grace.

On this page you'll find 278 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to accepted, such as: abandoned, abided, abjured, abnegated, abnormal, abode, absorbed.

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