waiveEnglishOxford American Thesauruswaive verb 1 an individual can waive his right to a hearing: relinquish, renounce, give up, abandon, reject, surrender, yield, cede, do without, dispense with, set/put aside, abdicate, abjure, sacrifice, refuse, turn down, spurn, sign away. ▷antonyms claim; pursue. 2 the manager waived the rules and let us in: disregard, ignore, overlook, set aside, forgo, drop, omit, cast aside, brush aside. ▷antonyms uphold; follow.