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What is another word for wouldn't?

Pronunciation: [wˈʊdənt] (IPA)

"Wouldn't" is a contraction for "would not". Synonyms for this word include "will not", "refuse to", "decline to", "will not agree to", "balk at", "turn down", "disagree to", "neglect to", "avoid", "reject", "abstain from", "forbear", "withhold", "refrain from", "pass up", "eschew" and "give a wide berth to". Each of these words have different connotations and usages, and it is important to use the correct synonym in the appropriate context. Ultimately, these synonyms can also convey a sense of reluctance or stubbornness, depending on the situation.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Wouldn't

I wouldn't have you that way.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
He wouldn't come then.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
I am sure He wouldn't!
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine

Famous quotes with Wouldn't

  • My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself.
    Victoria Abril
  • If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.
    Joey Adams
  • In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks.
    Scott Adams
  • When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship.
    Kate Adie

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