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DELIVER Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word deliver. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For DELIVER

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accept
verbv
verb

• consider or hold as true

• receive willingly something given or offered

• give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to

• react favorably to; consider right and proper

• admit into a group or community

• take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

• tolerate or accommodate oneself to

• be designed to hold or take

• receive (a report) officially, as from a committee

• make use of or accept for some purpose

• be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal

collect
verbv
noun

• a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

adverb

• make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

adjective satellite

• payable by the recipient on delivery

verb

• get or gather together

• call for and obtain payment of

• assemble or get together

• get or bring together

• gather or collect

deny
verbv
verb

• declare untrue; contradict

• refuse to accept or believe

• refuse to grant, as of a petition or request

• refuse to let have

• deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure

• deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

• refuse to recognize or acknowledge

gather
verbv
noun

• sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

• the act of gathering something

verb

• assemble or get together

• collect in one place

• increase in amount by collecting or gathering

• conclude from evidence

• draw together into folds or puckers

• get people together

• draw and bring closer

• look for (food) in nature

• increase or develop

keep
verbv
noun

• the financial means whereby one lives

• the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

• a cell in a jail or prison

verb

• cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity

• continue a certain state, condition, or activity

• retain possession of

• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

• conform one's action or practice to

• stick to correctly or closely

• look after; be the keeper of; have charge of

• maintain by writing regular records

• supply with room and board

• allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

• supply with necessities and support

• fail to spoil or rot

• behave as expected during of holidays or rites

• maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

• to rear

• retain rights to

• store or keep customarily

• have as a supply

• maintain for use and service

• hold and prevent from leaving

• prevent the action or expression of

• prevent (food) from rotting

receive
verbv
verb

• get something; come into possession of

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• register (perceptual input)

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• express willingness to have in one's home or environs

• accept as true or valid

• bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

• convert into sounds or pictures

• experience as a reaction

• have or give a reception

• receive as a retribution or punishment

• partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

• regard favorably or with disapproval

refuse
verbv
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

take
verbv
noun

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption

verb

• carry out

• require (time or space)

• take somebody somewhere

• get into one's hands, take physically

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

• take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

• take into one's possession

• travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

• receive willingly something given or offered

• assume, as of positions or roles

• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

• require as useful, just, or proper

• experience or feel or submit to

• make a film or photograph of something

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

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• accept or undergo, often unwillingly

• make use of or accept for some purpose

• conquer by force

• occupy or take on

• admit into a group or community

• ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial

• be a student of a certain subject

• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

• head into a specified direction

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• be seized or affected in a specified way

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• engage for service under a term of contract

• receive or obtain regularly

• buy, select

• to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort

• have sex with; archaic use

• lay claim to; as of an idea

• be designed to hold or take

• be capable of holding or containing

• develop a habit

• proceed along in a vehicle

• obtain by winning

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

withhold
verbv
verb

• hold back; refuse to hand over or share

• retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

Alternatives for ACCEPT

Alternatives for COLLECT

Alternatives for DENY

Alternatives for GATHER

Alternatives for KEEP

Alternatives for RECEIVE

Alternatives for REFUSE

Alternatives for TAKE

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