BLACKBALL Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word blackball. (close relations)
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 |