Forgo

Quick meaning: Forgo is a verb meaning To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.

Meaning

To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.

More Meanings

1. (literary) To refrain from, to abstain from.

Example Sentences

I shall forgo actually stepping inside, thank you.

I've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job.

You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops.

Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned.

Word Forms

• forgoes
• forgoing
• forwent
• forgoed
• forgone
• forego

Synonyms for forgo

Depending on context, synonyms include render, relinquish, waive, forfeit, give up, foreswear.

Antonyms for forgo

Common opposites include arrogate, claim.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foreswear, relinquish, give up, waive, forfeit, render.

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