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BLACKBALL Synonyms

There are 15 synonyms of the word blackball. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the word blackball. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for BLACKBALL

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banish
verbv
verb

• expel from a community or group

• ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

• expel, as if by official decree

• drive away

ostracize
verbv
verb

• expel from a community or group

• avoid speaking to or dealing with

shun
verbv
verb

• avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

• expel from a community or group

veto
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a vote that blocks a decision

• the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)

verb

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

• command against

exclude
verbv
verb

• prevent from being included or considered or accepted

• prevent from entering; shut out

• lack or fail to include

• prevent from entering; keep out

• put out or expel from a place

expel
verbv
verb

• force to leave or move out

• remove from a position or office

• cause to flee

• eliminate (a substance)

outlaw
verb, nounv, n
noun

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

adjective satellite

• contrary to or forbidden by law

• disobedient to or defiant of law

verb

• declare illegal; outlaw

refuse
verbv
noun

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

verb

• show unwillingness towards

• not accept as true

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• refuse to let have

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

reject
verbv
noun

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

ban
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a decree that prohibits something

• a bachelor's degree in nursing

• 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova

• 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

• an official prohibition or edict against something

• a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.

verb

• forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)

• prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

• ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

• expel from a community or group

barring
noun

• the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

blacklist
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a list of people who are out of favor

verb

• put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted

negative
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

• expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

• not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

• reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

noun

• a reply of denial

• a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

adjective satellite

• having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant

• less than zero

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

• having a negative charge

• involving disadvantage or harm

verb

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

ostracise
verbv
verb

• expel from a community or group

• avoid speaking to or dealing with

cast out
verbv
verb

• expel from a community or group

• throw or cast away

Best Hypernyms For BLACKBALL

Here is a list of related hypernyms for blackball, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (8)
contradict controvert ejection exclusion expel expulsion oppose riddance
Phrases (2)
kick outthrow out

Alternatives for BANISH

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