Word Type

Verb

Noun

Adjective

The word "accept" can be used as verb, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

decline deny refuse refuse reject reject

Derived Terms

accept a bill accept at face value accept person accept service accepted accepted pairing acceptedly acceptee accepter acceptible accepting house acceptive preaccept reaccept superaccept unaccept

Distinct From

decline disagree refuse reject

Context

business legal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abide accommodate acquire act bear brook digest endure evaluate fit get have judge move pass judgment put up react receive respond stand stick out stomach suffer suit support take tolerate

Type Of (IsA)

firewall program

Manner Of

be digest get judge react receive

Related Terms

acceptability acceptable acceptableness acceptably acceptance acceptancy acceptant acceptation acceptilation acception acceptor

Related Terms

acceptable acceptance action admit agree agree to agreement answer approval apt assent axe axe apt consent endure favour gift give give in giving invitation invitation response letting letting in officially proposal proposal answer receive receiving receiving something respect response rsvp say say yes submit take take gift take invitation take on take proposal taking taking it unacceptable yes

Similar Terms

admit have include let in receive

Synonym Network

accede acknowledge acquiesce acquire admit agree approve assent avow bear construe derive embrace estimate gain get obtain onfang receive regard take value withtake

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.