Antonyms of verb qualify
2 of 7 senses of qualify
Sense 2
qualify -- (pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections")
Antonym of disqualify (Sense 2)
=> disqualify -- (declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete")
Sense 4
qualify, dispose -- (make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job")
Antonym of disqualify (Sense 1)
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose -- (make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb qualify
7 senses of qualify
Sense 1
qualify, measure up -- (prove capable or fit; meet requirements)
=> suffice, do, answer, serve -- (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve")
Sense 2
qualify -- (pronounce fit or able; "She was qualified to run the marathon"; "They nurses were qualified to administer the injections")
=> pronounce, label, judge -- (pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here")
Sense 3
qualify, restrict -- (make more specific; "qualify these remarks")
=> modify -- (make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage")
Sense 4
qualify, dispose -- (make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job")
=> prepare, groom, train -- (educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior")
Sense 5
stipulate, qualify, condition, specify -- (specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments")
=> contract, undertake -- (enter into a contractual arrangement)
Sense 6
qualify, characterize, characterise -- (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover")
=> remember, think of -- (keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!")
Sense 7
modify, qualify -- (add a modifier to a constituent)
=> add -- (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table")