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PARTICIPATES Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word participates. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PARTICIPATES

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abstains
verbv
verb

• refrain from voting

• choose not to consume

alienates
verbv
verb

• arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

• transfer property or ownership

• make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated

avoids
verbv
verb

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• refrain from doing something

• refrain from certain foods or beverages

• declare invalid

declines
verbv
noun

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

verb

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

excludes
verbv
verb

• prevent from being included or considered or accepted

• prevent from entering; shut out

• lack or fail to include

• prevent from entering; keep out

• put out or expel from a place

isolates
verb, nounv, n
verb

• place or set apart

• obtain in pure form

• set apart from others

• separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

refuses
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

separates
verbv
adjective

• independent; not united or joint

noun

• a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

• a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

adjective satellite

• standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything

• separated according to race, sex, class, or religion

• have the connection undone; having become separate

verb

• act as a barrier between; stand between

• force, take, or pull apart

• mark as different

• separate into parts or portions

• divide into components or constituents

• arrange or order by classes or categories

• make a division or separation

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• go one's own way; move apart

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• treat differently on the basis of sex or race

• move or break apart

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

shuns
verbv
verb

• avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

• expel from a community or group

withdraws
verbv
verb

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from active participation

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• cause to be returned

• take back what one has said

• keep away from others

• break from a meeting or gathering

• retire gracefully

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• lose interest

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

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

Alternatives for ABSTAINS

Alternatives for ALIENATES

Alternatives for AVOIDS

Alternatives for DECLINES

Alternatives for EXCLUDES

Alternatives for ISOLATES

Alternatives for REFUSES

Alternatives for SEPARATES

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