What are some alternative words for blackball?
Synonyms for blackball
ˈblækˌbɔl
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Princeton's WordNet
barring, blackball(verb)
the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
Synonyms:
barringbanish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball(verb)
expel from a community or group
Synonyms:
ostracize, veto, toss, relegate, cast out, toss out, fling, eschew, banish, chuck out, dispose, ban, throw away, bar, censor, cast away, ostracise, cast aside, throw out, negative, put away, toss away, discard, shunveto, blackball, negative(verb)
vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
"The President vetoed the bill"
Synonyms:
ostracize, forbid, negative, veto, ostracise, prohibit, banish, ban, nix, interdict, proscribe, cast out, disallow, shun
Dictionary of English Synonymes
blackball(v. a.)
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1042 | bar | |
| #2605 | negative | |
| #5429 | ban | |
| #13003 | prohibit | |
| #14874 | toss | |
| #16141 | dispose | |
| #17665 | discard | |
| #19868 | veto | |
| #21483 | nix | |
| #23833 | forbid | |
| #28164 | censor | |
| #28760 | barring | |
| #31524 | shun | |
| #32325 | disallow | |
| #32886 | fling | |
| #50455 | banish | |
| #75568 | eschew | |
| #108408 | interdict | |
| #109510 | relegate | |
| #127559 | blackball | |
| #139126 | proscribe | |
| #258195 | ostracize |
How to use blackball in a sentence?
How, if I was a serious actress, I would have never taken a commercial … I was nervous, but I told him I had permission from everyone. He said, ‘ Well, you did n’t get it from me. ’ He then walked out and left me with my costume in hand … They did n’t blackball me, but I never heard from ‘ Happy Days ’ again.
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