All jive antonyms
jive
J j verb jive
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- contribute β If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- repay β to pay back or refund, as money.
- confront β If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
- encounter β Unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- release β to lease again.
- take on β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- demolish β To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- commend β If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- compliment β A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- please β (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- quiet β making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- reassure β to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- soothe β to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- admire β If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
- build up β If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- laud β to praise; extol.
noun jive
- intelligence β capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
- judgment β an act or instance of judging.
- seriousness β of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- wisdom β the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
- logic β the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.
- reason β a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- reasonableness β agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- sense β any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- honesty β the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- truthfulness β telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- frankness β plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- openness β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- peace β the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- reality β the state or quality of being real.
- truth β the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- listening β to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- silence β absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- disagreement β the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- quietude β the state of being quiet; tranquillity; calmness; stillness; quiet.
- honour β to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.