Antonyms for dismiss

put out of one's mind:

admire, esteem, praise, love, compliment, weaken, like, embrace, respect, flatter, approve.

remove from job, responsibility:

begin, DO.

send away, remove; free:

hire, appoint, accept, allow, engage, permit, employ, hold, welcome, keep, legalize, retain, preserve, secure, promote, maintain.

noun:

exalt, compliment, contract, commend, extol, endorse, shelter, glorify, favor, magnify, reemploy, harbor, Rehire, sign, recruit, take, applaud, approve, countenance, lodge, acclaim, welcome, keep, praise, eulogize, subcontract, recommend, sanction, house, laud.

Paraphrases for Dismiss:

• Proper noun, singular :
  deposit, discard, dismissal, dismissed, Dismissing, exclude, reject, rejects.
• Verb, 3rd person singular present :
  contests, declines, Denies, denounces, disagrees, disallows, disclaims, disputes, disregards, ejects, emits, Kicks, lays, opposes, pushes, refutes, rejects, repudiates, rescinds, shuns, throws, VOTES.
• Verb, base form :
  abandon, abolish, abort, abrogate, absolve, accept, address, allay, allocate, annul, argue, arrange, assign, avert, avoid, banish, blame, block, bridge, brush, bust, bypass, cancel, categorise, categorize, cease, circumvent, classify, clear, close, commit, conceal, concede, conclude, condemn, consider, contradict, counter, counteract, criticise, criticize, cross-reference, cut, deal, decline, decommission, dedicate, defeat, defer, defuse, delete, demobilize, denounce, deny, depart, deport, depose, deposit, deprive, desert, designate, desist, deviate, devote, differ, disagree, disallow, disarm, disband, discard, discontinue, discount, dismantle, dispel, dispense, disperse, displace, dispose, disprove, dispute, disqualify, disregard, dissolve, distance, ditch, divert, dodge, draw, drop, dump, earmark, eject, elaborate, eliminate, emerge, emit, end, entertain, erase, escape, eschew, evade, evict, exclude, exempt, exit, extricate, fail, file, fill, fire, fit, flee, flout, foreclose, forego, forget, forgive, forgo, forsake, forward, grade, halt, heal, hide, ignore, impeach, inadmissibility, inadmissible, insulate, interfere, invalidate, isolate, keep, kick, lay, leave, lift, liquidate, lock, log, mobilise, narrow, negate, negative, neglect, nullify, object, obviate, offset, omit, oppose, organize, oust, overcome, overlook, override, overrule, overthrow, overturn, pass, place, postpone, pre-empt, preclude, pretend, prevent, prioritize, proceed, put, quash, quit, rank, rebuff, rebut, recall, redeploy, reduce, redundant, refer, reference, refrain, refute, reject, relieve, relinquish, remand, remit, remove, render, renounce, repeal, repel, repudiate, repulse, reschedule, rescind, reseal, reserve, resign, resist, resolve, retire, retract, return, reverse, revoke, rid, rip, ruin, sack, say, scan, scrap, screen, scrub, seal, sell, send, separate, settle, sever, shelve, shift, shirk, shrug, shun, shut, shutdown, sidestep, skip, smear, solve, sort, splatter, split, spread, spurn, stain, stir, stop, substitute, subvert, suppress, surrender, suspend, sweep, tear, terminate, throw, topple, transfer, transmit, trash, triage, turn, underestimate, undo, unseat, vacate, vary, veto, vilify, void, vote, waive, waste, withdraw, withhold, Without.
• Verb, non-3rd person singular present :
  deny, reject.