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Antonyms for nixing
Grammar : Adv, interj, noun, verb |
Spell : niks |
Phonetic Transcription : nɪks |
- accept
- acknowledge
- acquiescence
- add
- admire
- admit
- admittance
- advance
- affirm
- agitate
- agree
- aid
- allow
- allowance
- approval
- approve
- ascend
- assign
- assist
- attract
- authorize
- be eligible
- bear
- begin
- believe
- blame
- build
- capacitate
- choose
- claim
- commence
- commend
- compliment
- condemn
- confirm
- consent
- construct
- continue
- corroborate
- create
- dam
- delegate
- detain
- disturb
- do
- embrace
- emphasize
- employ
- enact
- enchant
- encourage
- endorse
- enforce
- engage
- establish
- esteem
- exalt
- excess
- face
- facilitate
- favor
- fit
- fix
- forward
- free
- give birth
- go
- go along
- go up
- grant
- help
- hire
- hold
- imprison
- improve
- include
- increase
- indulge
- indulgence
- initiate
- institute
- intemperance
- irritate
- keep
- laud
- leave alone
- legalize
- let go
- light
- like
- load
- lose
- love
- meet
- mobilize
- offer
- OK
- owe
- pass
- permit
- please
- praise
- promote
- push
- qualify
- ratify
- release
- remain
- respect
- restore
- retain
- revalidate
- revive
- rise
- sanction
- save
- say yes
- schedule
- self-indulgence
- set up
- soothe
- start
- stay
- support
- take on
- trust
- turn on
- uphold
- use
- validate
- want
- welcome
- yielding
Definition of nixing
Origin :- "cancel, refuse, forbid," 1903, from nix (n.). Related: Nixed; nixing.
- As in no : adv negative
- As in no : interj not
- As in abnegation : noun denial, renouncement of something
- As in invalidate : verb render null and void
- As in kill : verb turn off; cancel
- As in obliterate : verb destroy
- As in prohibit : verb make impossible; stop
- As in refuse : verb deny; say no
- As in reject : verb say no to
- As in repeal : verb declare null and void
- As in repudiate : verb reject; turn one's back on
- As in repulse : verb push away
- As in rescind : verb declare null and void
- As in revoke : verb take back; cancel
- As in spurn : verb turn away; ignore
- As in veto : verb refuse permission
- As in decline : verb say no
- As in abolish : verb do away with or put an end to
- As in disallow : verb reject, prohibit
- As in disapprove : verb condemn
- As in discharge : verb dismiss from responsibility
- As in disqualify : verb be unfit for; be ineligible
- As in forbid : verb outlaw, prohibit an action
- As in annul : verb void an agreement
- As in abrogate : verb formally put an end to
Synonyms for nixing
- abandon
- abandonment
- abate
- abjure
- abolish
- abrogate
- absolutely not
- absolve
- abstain
- abstinence
- air
- annihilate
- annul
- apostatize
- avoid
- ax
- back out
- back out of
- backpedal
- backwater
- balk
- ban
- banish
- bar
- bate
- be against
- beat off
- beg off
- beg to be excused
- black out
- blackball
- blame
- block
- blot out
- blow
- blow sky-high
- blue pencil
- bog
- boot out
- bottle up
- bounce
- box in
- break with
- bring to screeching halt
- brush off
- bump
- burn
- bust
- by no means
- bypass
- call back
- call off
- can
- cancel
- cashier
- cast
- cast aside
- cast off
- cast out
- cease
- censor
- censure
- chastise
- check
- chuck
- circumduct
- constrain
- contemn
- cool
- cork
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countermand
- counterorder
- cover
- crawl out of
- criticize
- cut
- cut off
- damn
- deaden
- debar
- declare
- declare illegal
- declare null and void
- decline
- decry
- default
- defeat
- defect
- delete
- demur
- denounce
- deny
- deplore
- deprecate
- deprive
- desert
- desist
- despise
- destroy
- detract
- disable
- disaccord
- disacknowledge
- disallow
- disannul
- disapprove
- disavow
- disbelieve
- disburden
- discard
- discharge
- disclaim
- discommend
- discount
- discountenance
- discredit
- disdain
- disenable
- disencumber
- disentitle
- disestablish
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disfranchise
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dislike
- dismantle
- dismiss
- disown
- dispense
- dispense with
- displace
- dispraise
- disqualify
- disregard
- dissent
- dissolve
- do in
- dodge
- don't buy
- drive back
- drop
- dump
- efface
- eighty-six
- eject
- eliminate
- embargo
- end
- enjoin
- eradicate
- erase
- eschewal
- evade
- except
- exclude
- excuse
- exempt
- expel
- expostulate
- expunge
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fend off
- fight off
- find fault with
- find unacceptable
- finish
- finish off
- fire
- flout
- flush
- fly in the face of
- forbear
- forbearance
- forbid
- forestall
- forfend
- forget
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- freeze
- freeze out
- frown on
- gainsay
- get off the hook
- give one notice
- give the cold shoulder
- give thumbs down
- give thumbs down to
- giving up
- gridlock
- halt
- hamper
- hang up
- heave-ho
- hinder
- hold back
- hold in contempt
- hold off
- hold out
- hold up
- ignore
- impair
- impede
- incapacitate
- inhibit
- interdict
- invalidate
- jam up
- jettison
- jilt
- keep back
- keep lid on
- keep off
- kick in the teeth
- kick out
- kill
- knock off
- knock out
- KO
- lay off
- let go
- let off
- let one go
- let out
- level
- lift
- liquidate
- lock out
- lock up
- look askance at
- look down on
- make excuses
- mark out
- nay
- negate
- negative
- neutralize
- never
- nix
- nixing
- no way
- not
- not accept
- not at all
- not budge
- not budget
- not buy
- not by any means
- not care to
- not go for
- not hear of
- not make the cut
- not think of
- nullify
- object to
- obliterate
- obscure
- obstruct
- obviate
- off
- offset
- oppose
- opt out
- oust
- outlaw
- overrule
- overthrow
- overturn
- pan
- paralyze
- pass
- pass by
- pass on
- pass up
- preclude
- prevent
- privilege from
- prohibit
- proscribe
- protest
- pull the plug
- push back
- put a lock on
- put a stopper in
- put an end to
- put chill on
- put down
- put half nelson on
- put kibosh on
- put the chill on
- put the kibosh on
- quash
- quell
- rat
- ravage
- rebuff
- rebut
- recall
- recant
- refrain
- refusal
- refuse
- refuse to receive
- refute
- regret
- reject
- rejection
- relieve
- relinquishment
- remonstrate
- remove
- render null and void
- renege
- renig
- renounce
- renunciation
- repeal
- repel
- replace
- reprehend
- reprobate
- reprove
- repudiate
- repulse
- rescind
- resist
- restrain
- restrict
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- ride out on rail
- root out
- rub off
- rub out
- ruin
- rule out
- run out of town
- sacrifice
- say no
- scoff
- scorn
- scotch
- scout
- scrap
- scratch
- scrub
- second
- self-denial
- send off
- send regrets
- set aside
- set back
- shed
- shoot down
- shoot full of holes
- show the door
- shun
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- shy
- sink
- slam
- slight
- slough
- smash
- smother
- sneer
- sneeze at
- snub
- spare
- spike
- spurn
- squash
- squelch
- stamp out
- stand down
- stave off
- steer clear
- stifle
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- stymie
- subvert
- supersede
- supplant
- suppress
- surrender
- suspend
- taboo
- take apart
- take dim view of
- take exception to
- take out
- temperance
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- terminate
- throw away
- throw back
- throw cold water on
- throw out
- throw over
- thumbs down
- tie up
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- turn
- turn away
- turn deaf ear to
- turn down
- turn from
- turn nose up at
- turn one's back on
- turn out
- turn thumbs down
- undermine
- undo
- unfit
- unload
- vacate
- veto
- vitiate
- void
- wangle out
- ward off
- wash one's hands of
- wash out
- waste
- weaken
- weasel out
- wipe off face of earth
- wipe out
- withdraw
- withhold
- worm out
- X-out
- zap
- zing
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