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Blackball

🔄 Synonyms of "Blackball"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
shunverb	(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
ostracizeverb	(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
banishverb	(transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
barringnoun	The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
vetonoun	A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
cast outverb	(transitive) To drive out; to expel.
bannoun	(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
negativenoun	Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Blackball"

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Word	Definition
vetonoun	A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
ostracizeverb	(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
shunverb	(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
banishverb	(transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
cast outverb	(transitive) To drive out; to expel.
negativenoun	Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
bannoun	(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
barringnoun	The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
blacknoun	(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
rejectionnoun	The act of rejecting.
dot ballnoun	(cricket) A ball off which no runs are scored.
black cardnoun	(banking, finance) An expensive and exclusive credit card that allows its users access to various luxuries.
ballotnoun	The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
bulletnoun	A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
reds and yellowsnoun	Synonym of blackball (“eight-ball game”).
dead ballnoun	(ball games) The ball when dead and out of play.
votekicknoun	(video games) A vote to expel a player, taken by the other players.
tape ballnoun	(uncountable) The game of cricket played using such a ball.
australian ballotnoun	The secret ballot system of voting in which voting is done in private on a state-issued ballot, and ballots incorrectly marked are set aside as invalid.
ballnoun	A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.