Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Negation

Nouns
  • negation, abnegation
  • denial
  • disavowal, disclaimer
  • abjuration
  • contradiction, contravention
  • recusation [Law], protest
  • recusancy etc. (dissent) Dissent
  • flat contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial
  • repudiation etc. Rejection
  • retraction etc. Tergiversation
  • confutation etc. Confutation
  • refusal etc. Refusal
  • prohibition etc. Prohibition.
Verbs
  • deny
  • contradict, contravene
  • controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head. disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow
  • recant etc. Tergiversation
  • revoke etc. (abrogate) Abrogation. dispute
  • impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon
  • bring in question, call in question etc. (doubt) Unbelief. Doubt
  • give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat. deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely
  • give the lie to, belie. repudiate etc. Rejection
  • set aside, ignore etc. Neglect
  • rebut etc. (confute) Confutation
  • qualify etc. Qualification
  • refuse etc. Refusal. recuse [Law].
Adjectives
  • denying etc. v.
  • denied etc. v.
  • contradictory
  • negative, negatory
  • recusant etc. (dissenting) Dissent
  • at issue upon.
Adverbs
  • no, nay, not, nowise
  • not a bit, not a whit, not a jot
  • not at all, nohow, not in the least, not so
  • negative, negatory
  • no way [Coll.]
  • no such thing
  • nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort
  • quite the contrary, far from it
  • on no account, in no respect
  • by no, by no manner of means
  • negatively. [negative with respect to time] never, never in a million years
  • at no time.
Phrases
  • there never was a greater mistake
  • I know better
  • a thousand times no.