Antonyms for acknowledge
ækˈnɒl ɪdʒac·knowl·edge

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1. acknowledgeverb

   Synonyms:
   own, recognize, allow, confess, admit, concede, proclaim, avow

2. acknowledgeverb

   To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

   Synonyms:
   confess, avow, proclaim, allow, concede, admit, own, recognize

3. acknowledgeverb

   To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.

   Synonyms:
   allow, recognize, own, admit, proclaim, confess, concede, avow

4. acknowledgeverb

   To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.

   Synonyms:
   admit, confess, concede, proclaim, avow, recognize, own, allow

5. acknowledgeverb

   To notify receipt, as of a letter.

   Synonyms:
   allow, concede, recognize, avow, confess, admit, own, proclaim

6. acknowledgeverb

   To own as genuine or valid; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.

   Synonyms:
   allow, avow, confess, recognize, admit, concede, own, proclaim

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acknowledge

   We accept another's statement; admit any point made against us; acknowledge what we have said or done, good or bad; avow our individual beliefs or feelings; certify to facts within our knowledge; confess our own faults; endorse a friend's note or statement; grant a request; own our faults or obligations; recognize lawful authority; concede a claim. Confess has a high and sacred use in the religious sense; as, to confess Christ before men. It may have also a playful sense (often with to); as, one confesses to a weakness for confectionery. The chief present use of the word, however, is in the sense of making known to others one's own wrong-doing; in this sense confess is stronger than acknowledge or admit, and more specific than own; a person admits a mistake; acknowledges a fault; confesses sin or crime. Compare APOLOGY; AVOW.

   Antonyms:
   cloak, conceal, cover, deny, disavow, disguise, disown, dissemble, dissimulate, hide, mask, repudiate, screen, secrete, veil

   Synonyms:
   accept, admit, allow, avow, certify, concede, confess, disclose, endorse, grant, own, recognize

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. acknowledge

   Antonyms:
   disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate, ignore, deny

   Synonyms:
   avow, admit, recognize, own, accept, profess, endorse, grant, concede, concern

Matched Categories

1. • Accept
   • Communicate
   • Declare
   • React

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. admit, acknowledgeverb

   declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

   "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

   Synonyms:
   admit, notice, allow in, intromit, let in, recognize, take on, hold, accommodate, know, include, recognise, receipt, take, allow, accept

2. acknowledge, receiptverb

   report the receipt of

   "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper"

   Synonyms:
   know, notice, admit, receipt, recognise, recognize

3. notice, acknowledgeverb

   express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with

   "He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway"; "She acknowledged his complement with a smile"; "it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing"

   Synonyms:
   know, discover, comment, find, mark, remark, recognise, note, observe, admit, detect, notice, recognize, receipt, point out

4. acknowledge, recognize, recogniseverb

   express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for

   "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, admit, notice, realize, realise, recognize, recognise, know, agnise, pick out, agnize, receipt, greet, distinguish, make out, discern, spot, accredit

5. acknowledgeverb

   accept as legally binding and valid

   "acknowledge the deed"

   Synonyms:
   know, notice, admit, receipt, recognise, recognize

6. acknowledge, recognize, recognise, knowverb

   accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

   "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, experience, have a go at it, have sex, spot, bed, cognise, know, get laid, make love, bonk, agnise, greet, love, agnize, admit, pick out, eff, live, sleep together, notice, realise, do it, accredit, lie with, make out, discern, be intimate, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, receipt, screw, have it off, recognise, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, realize, roll in the hay

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1. acknowledgeverb

   Antonyms:
   repudiate, deny, disavow

   Synonyms:
   admit, avow, concede, own, confess

How to use acknowledge in a sentence?

1. Nansel Larson:

   Your thinking should always be beyond your imagination. The world around you will acknowledge you.

2. Ingrid Weir:

   Once you acknowledge that reality is not your enemy, it will no longer be your enemy.

3. Christophe Castaner:

   We acknowledge that there are doubts, that some people consider that the right to inform is under threat... That is why it is necessary to clarify it.

4. Robert Yi:

   We acknowledge the sentimental effect of a stock split, but how big an effect such an action can have on the company's long-term value needs to be considered from a variety of angles.

5. Marco Rubio:

   I think every indication is that unless something dramatic changes, Electoral College is going to elect Joe Biden next week, at that point, I would expect the President to acknowledge that even if he doesn't agree with the way we got there.

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