Antonyms of verb disqualify

2 senses of disqualify

Sense 1
disqualify, unfit, indispose -- (make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you")
       Antonym of qualify (Sense 4)
      => qualify, dispose -- (make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job")

Sense 2
disqualify -- (declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete")
       Antonym of qualify (Sense 2)
      => qualify -- (pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb disqualify

2 senses of disqualify

Sense 1
disqualify, unfit, indispose -- (make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
disqualify -- (declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete")
       => pronounce, label, judge -- (pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here")

Antonyms of adj disqualified

2 senses of disqualified

Sense 1
disqualified -- (disqualified by law or rule or provision)

INDIRECT (VIA ineligible) -> eligible -- (qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen; "eligible to run for office"; "eligible for retirement benefits"; "an eligible bachelor")

Sense 2
disqualified -- (barred from competition for violation of rules; "a disqualified player")

INDIRECT (VIA ineligible) -> eligible -- (qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen; "eligible to run for office"; "eligible for retirement benefits"; "an eligible bachelor")

Similarity of adj disqualified

2 senses of disqualified

Sense 1
disqualified -- (disqualified by law or rule or provision)
       => ineligible (vs. eligible) -- (not eligible; "ineligible to vote"; "ineligible for retirement benefits")

Sense 2
disqualified -- (barred from competition for violation of rules; "a disqualified player")
       => ineligible (vs. eligible) -- (not eligible; "ineligible to vote"; "ineligible for retirement benefits")

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