What is another word for ostracize?
899 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɒstɹɐsˌa͡ɪz], [ ˈɒstɹɐsˌaɪz], [ ˈɒ_s_t_ɹ_ɐ_s_ˌaɪ_z]
Ostracize is a not-so-friendly term that refers to the action of excluding or shunning someone from a group or society. There are several other words that can be used instead of ostracize, including exile, banish, isolate, marginalize, exclude, and blackball. Each of these words highlights a different aspect of the act of ostracizing and can be used interchangeably depending on the context. Banish and exile, for example, emphasize the idea of removal or banishment from a particular place. In contrast, isolate and exclude focus on the act of being separated or disregarded. Regardless of the word used, ostracizing someone is not a positive thing, and it's essential to use language that accurately reflects this.
Synonyms for Ostracize:
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n.
• ban- ban .
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v.
• banish- Rusticating ,
- casts out ,
- de ported ,
- de porting ,
- de-ported ,
- de-porting ,
- dis card ,
- dis carded ,
- dis carding ,
- dis cards ,
- dis charge ,
- dis charged ,
- dis charges ,
- dis charging ,
- dis lodge ,
- dis lodged ,
- dis lodges ,
- dis lodging ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis-card ,
- dis-carded ,
- dis-carding ,
- dis-cards ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-charges ,
- dis-charging ,
- dis-lodge ,
- dis-lodged ,
- dis-lodges ,
- dis-lodging ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- drave away ,
- drives away ,
- driving away ,
- drove away ,
- ex communicate ,
- ex communicated ,
- ex communicates ,
- ex communicating ,
- ex pulse ,
- ex pulsed ,
- ex pulses ,
- ex pulsing ,
- ex-communicate ,
- ex-communicated ,
- ex-communicates ,
- ex-communicating ,
- ex-pulse ,
- ex-pulsed ,
- ex-pulses ,
- ex-pulsing ,
- expulsed ,
- expulses ,
- expulsing ,
- extra dict ,
- extra-dict ,
- extradicted ,
- extradicting ,
- extradicts ,
- out lawed ,
- out lawing ,
- out-lawed ,
- out-lawing ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moves ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving ,
- rusticates ,
- trans ported ,
- trans porting ,
- trans-porting .
- de bar ,
- de barred ,
- de barring ,
- de bars ,
- de-bar ,
- de-barred ,
- de-barring ,
- de-bars ,
- dis allow ,
- dis allowed ,
- dis allowing ,
- dis allows ,
- dis countenance ,
- dis countenanced ,
- dis countenances ,
- dis countenancing ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis-allow ,
- dis-allowed ,
- dis-allowing ,
- dis-allows ,
- dis-countenance ,
- dis-countenanced ,
- dis-countenances ,
- dis-countenancing ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- ex cept ,
- ex-cept ,
- freezes out ,
- freezing out ,
- froze out ,
- inter dict ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter-dict ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- over ridden ,
- over ride ,
- over rides ,
- over riding ,
- over rode ,
- over-ridden ,
- over-rides ,
- over-riding ,
- over-rode ,
- pre vent ,
- pre vented ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused ,
- re-fuses ,
- re-fusing ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains .
- hits list ,
- hitting list ,
- put hit list ,
- puts hit list ,
- puts on hit list ,
- putting hit list ,
- putting on hit list ,
- thumbsed down ,
- thumbses down ,
- thumbsing down ,
- voted against ,
- votes against ,
- voting against .
- held aloof from ,
- holding aloof from ,
- holds aloof from ,
- iced out ,
- ices out ,
- icing out ,
- passes up ,
- passing up ,
- withheld patronage ,
- withholding patronage ,
- withholds patronage .
- cold shouldered ,
- cold shouldering ,
- coldshouldered ,
- coldshouldering ,
- coldshoulders ,
- dis claim ,
- dis claimed ,
- dis claiming ,
- dis claims ,
- dis owned ,
- dis owning ,
- dis regard ,
- dis regarded ,
- dis regarding ,
- dis regards ,
- dis-claim ,
- dis-claimed ,
- dis-claiming ,
- dis-claims ,
- dis-owned ,
- dis-owning ,
- dis-regard ,
- dis-regarded ,
- dis-regarding ,
- dis-regards ,
- haddest no time for ,
- hadst no time for ,
- has no time for ,
- hast no time for ,
- hath no time for ,
- having no time for ,
- re buff ,
- re buffed ,
- re buffing ,
- re buffs ,
- re-buff ,
- re-buffed ,
- re-buffing ,
- re-buffs ,
- sweeping aside ,
- sweeps aside ,
- swept aside .
- be rate ,
- be rated ,
- be rates ,
- be rating ,
- be-rate ,
- be-rated ,
- be-rates ,
- be-rating ,
- carped at ,
- carping at ,
- carps at ,
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- ex probate ,
- ex probated ,
- ex probates ,
- ex probating ,
- ex-probate ,
- ex-probated ,
- ex-probates ,
- ex-probating ,
- exprobated ,
- exprobates ,
- exprobating ,
- finding fault with ,
- finds fault with ,
- found fault with ,
- gat after ,
- gets after ,
- getting after ,
- got after ,
- gotten after ,
- in criminate ,
- in criminated ,
- in criminates ,
- in criminating ,
- in-criminate ,
- in-criminated ,
- in-criminates ,
- in-criminating ,
- looked askance ,
- looking askance ,
- looks askance ,
- picked apart ,
- picking apart ,
- picks apart ,
- pulled apart ,
- pulling apart ,
- re prove ,
- re proved ,
- re proves ,
- re proving ,
- re-prove ,
- re-proved ,
- re-proves ,
- re-proving ,
- reads out ,
- take task ,
- takes task ,
- takes to task ,
- taking task ,
- taking to task ,
- tare apart ,
- tears apart ,
- took task ,
- took to task ,
- up braid ,
- up braided ,
- up braids ,
- up-braid ,
- up-braided ,
- up-braiding ,
- up-braids .
- charges with ,
- charging with ,
- de claim ,
- de claimed ,
- de claiming ,
- de claims ,
- de cried ,
- de cries ,
- de cry ,
- de crying ,
- de-claim ,
- de-claimed ,
- de-claiming ,
- de-claims ,
- de-cried ,
- de-cries ,
- de-cry ,
- de-crying ,
- denunciated ,
- denunciates ,
- denunciating ,
- ex pose ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-pose ,
- ex-posed ,
- ex-posing ,
- hanged something on ,
- hanging something on ,
- hangs something on ,
- hung something on ,
- in dict ,
- in-dict ,
- inveighed against ,
- inveighing against ,
- inveighs against ,
- re probate ,
- re probated ,
- re probates ,
- re probating ,
- re vile ,
- re-probate ,
- re-probated ,
- re-probates ,
- re-probating ,
- re-vile .
- dis place ,
- dis placed ,
- dis places ,
- dis placing ,
- dis possess ,
- dis possessed ,
- dis possesses ,
- dis possessing ,
- dis-place ,
- dis-placed ,
- dis-places ,
- dis-placing ,
- dis-possess ,
- dis-possessed ,
- dis-possesses ,
- dis-possessing ,
- extra dite ,
- extra dites ,
- extra-dite ,
- extra-dites .
- ex patriate ,
- ex patriated ,
- ex patriates ,
- ex patriating ,
- ex-patriate ,
- ex-patriated ,
- ex-patriates ,
- ex-patriating .
- acted cool ,
- acting cool ,
- acts cool ,
- give cold shoulder ,
- made unwelcome ,
- makes unwelcome ,
- making unwelcome ,
- turn nose ,
- turn one nose ,
- turn one's nose ,
- turn ones nose ,
- turn up nose ,
- turn up one nose ,
- turn up ones nose ,
- turned nose ,
- turned one nose ,
- turned one's nose ,
- turned ones nose ,
- turned up nose ,
- turned up one nose ,
- turned up one's nose ,
- turned up ones nose ,
- turning nose ,
- turning one nose ,
- turning one's nose ,
- turning ones nose ,
- turning up nose ,
- turning up one nose ,
- turning up one's nose ,
- turning up ones nose ,
- turns nose ,
- turns one nose ,
- turns one's nose ,
- turns ones nose ,
- turns up nose ,
- turns up one nose ,
- turns up one's nose ,
- turns up ones nose ,
- up stage ,
- up staged ,
- up stages ,
- up staging ,
- up-stage ,
- up-staged ,
- up-stages ,
- up-staging .
- be reave ,
- be reaved ,
- be reaves ,
- be reaving ,
- be reft ,
- be-reave ,
- be-reaved ,
- be-reaves ,
- be-reaving ,
- be-reft ,
- booted out ,
- boots out ,
- bundled off ,
- bundles off ,
- bundling off ,
- de pose ,
- de posed ,
- de posing ,
- de throne ,
- de throned ,
- de thrones ,
- de throning ,
- de-pose ,
- de-posed ,
- de-posing ,
- de-throne ,
- de-throned ,
- de-thrones ,
- de-throning ,
- dis inherit ,
- dis inherited ,
- dis inheriting ,
- dis inherits ,
- dis-inherit ,
- dis-inherited ,
- dis-inheriting ,
- dis-inherits ,
- gave 1 2 3 ,
- gave 1-2-3 ,
- gave the 1 2 3 ,
- gave the 1-2-3 ,
- give 1 2 3 ,
- give 1-2-3 ,
- give the 1 2 3 ,
- gives 1 2 3 ,
- gives 1-2-3 ,
- gives the 1 2 3 ,
- gives the 1-2-3 ,
- giving 1 2 3 ,
- giving 1-2-3 ,
- giving the 1 2 3 ,
- giving the 1-2-3 ,
- letted go ,
- packed off ,
- packing off ,
- packs off ,
- pink slipt ,
- show door ,
- showed door ,
- showed the door ,
- showing door ,
- showing the door ,
- shows door ,
- shows the door ,
- top pled ,
- un seat ,
- un seated ,
- un seating ,
- un seats ,
- un-seat ,
- un-seated ,
- un-seating ,
- un-seats .
- pro scribe ,
- pro scribed ,
- pro scribes ,
- pro scribing ,
- pro-scribe ,
- pro-scribed ,
- pro-scribes ,
- pro-scribing .
- de mote ,
- de motes ,
- de moting ,
- de-mote ,
- de-motes ,
- de-moting ,
- re legate ,
- re legates ,
- re-legate ,
- re-legates .
- alienate ,
- cloister ,
- closet ,
- confine ,
- cordon ,
- detach ,
- disbar ,
- eject ,
- eliminate ,
- evict ,
- extirpate ,
- extradite ,
- insulate ,
- isolate ,
- remove ,
- screen ,
- segregate ,
- separate ,
- sequester .
- debunk ,
- discomfit ,
- disgrace ,
- dishonor ,
- expose ,
- humiliate ,
- malign ,
- mock ,
- pillory ,
- ridicule ,
- scandalize ,
- shame ,
- show up ,
- stigmatize ,
- vilify .
- be leaguer ,
- be leaguered ,
- be leaguering ,
- be leaguers ,
- be-leaguer ,
- be-leaguered ,
- be-leaguering ,
- be-leaguers ,
- dis continue ,
- dis continued ,
- dis continues ,
- dis continuing ,
- dis-continue ,
- dis-continued ,
- dis-continues ,
- dis-continuing ,
- fences off ,
- fencing off .
- cuts dead ,
- cutting dead ,
- gave brush ,
- gave the brush ,
- give brush ,
- gives brush ,
- gives the brush ,
- giving brush ,
- giving the brush ,
- look coldly up on ,
- looked coldly up on ,
- looked coldly upon ,
- looked right through ,
- looking coldly up on ,
- looking coldly upon ,
- looking right through ,
- looks coldly up on ,
- looks coldly upon ,
- looks right through ,
- not give time day ,
- puts chill on ,
- puts the chill on ,
- putting chill on ,
- putting the chill on ,
- snobbed ,
- snobbing .
Other synonyms:
- avoid ,
- blank ,
- brush off ,
- get/be given the cold shoulder ,
- keep your distance ,
- look through ,
- stand up .
- shut .
Other relevant words:
- Animadverted ,
- Animadverting ,
- Burring ,
- Denunciate ,
- Disciplining ,
- Dooming ,
- Ejected ,
- Embargoed ,
- Embargoing ,
- Expulse ,
- Lectured ,
- Preventing ,
- Ratted ,
- Refusing ,
- Reprobated ,
- Reprobating ,
- Rusticated ,
- Shrouded ,
- act cool ,
- animadvert ,
- animadverts ,
- banish ,
- blackball ,
- blacklist ,
- boot out ,
- booting out ,
- boycott ,
- bundle off ,
- burred ,
- carp at ,
- cast out ,
- casting out ,
- censure ,
- charge with ,
- charged with ,
- cold-shoulder ,
- cold-shouldered ,
- cold-shouldering ,
- cold-shoulders ,
- coldshoulder ,
- cut dead ,
- denounce ,
- disciplined ,
- drive away ,
- except ,
- exclude ,
- exile ,
- expatriate ,
- exprobate ,
- extradict ,
- fence off ,
- fenced off ,
- find fault with ,
- freeze out ,
- get after ,
- getting rid of ,
- give the 1-2-3 ,
- give the brush ,
- give the cold shoulder ,
- hang something on ,
- have no time for ,
- hinders ,
- hold aloof from ,
- ice out ,
- iced ,
- incriminate ,
- indict ,
- inveigh against ,
- keep out ,
- keeping out ,
- keeps out ,
- kept out ,
- lets go ,
- letting go ,
- look askance ,
- look coldly upon ,
- look right through ,
- make unwelcome ,
- not give time of day ,
- oust ,
- over-ride ,
- pack off ,
- pass up ,
- passed by ,
- passed up ,
- pick apart ,
- prohibit ,
- proscribe ,
- pull apart ,
- pulls apart ,
- put chill on ,
- put on hit list ,
- put the chill on ,
- ratting ,
- read out ,
- reading out ,
- relegate ,
- remonstrate ,
- reprobates ,
- repudiate ,
- rusticate ,
- seclude ,
- send away ,
- sending away ,
- sends away ,
- sent away ,
- shake off ,
- shakes off ,
- show the door ,
- shows up ,
- shrouding ,
- shutting out ,
- snub ,
- spurn ,
- sweep aside ,
- take to task ,
- tear apart ,
- tearing apart ,
- tell off ,
- tore apart ,
- torn apart ,
- transport ,
- turn up one's nose ,
- upbraid ,
- veto ,
- vote against ,
- withhold patronage .
- drive out ,
- drives out ,
- driving out ,
- force out ,
- forces out ,
- forcing out ,
- leave out ,
- leaves out ,
- leaving out ,
- left out ,
- lock out ,
- occlude ,
- refuse admittance ,
- setting aside ,
- shut the door on ,
- sideline ,
- sidelined ,
- ward off .
- Disbench ,
- Disfellowship ,
- Ejectment ,
- FUGITATE ,
- abandon ,
- abhorrent ,
- abstain ,
- anathema ,
- banishment ,
- bar out ,
- blockade ,
- brown ,
- cast aside ,
- cast away ,
- censor ,
- chuck out ,
- clamor ,
- cold shoulder ,
- compartmentalize ,
- condemn ,
- count out ,
- cry down ,
- cut ,
- debar ,
- decry ,
- denial ,
- deportation ,
- detest ,
- detestable ,
- disagreeable ,
- disapprove ,
- disapprove of ,
- discard ,
- discharge ,
- discriminate against ,
- disfavor ,
- disgusting ,
- dislike ,
- dismiss ,
- dismissal ,
- displace ,
- dispose ,
- dissent ,
- dissolution ,
- distasteful ,
- distribute ,
- drop ,
- drum out ,
- ejection ,
- elimination ,
- embargo ,
- escape ,
- eschew ,
- evade ,
- eviction ,
- exception ,
- exclusion ,
- excommunication ,
- expatriation ,
- expelling ,
- expulsion ,
- extrusion ,
- fling ,
- forbidding ,
- foul ,
- freeze ,
- frown ,
- frown at ,
- frown upon ,
- hat ,
- hate ,
- hideous ,
- hiss ,
- hoot ,
- horrible ,
- horrid ,
- interdict ,
- kick out ,
- leave in the cold ,
- loathsome ,
- look askance at ,
- maroon ,
- mob ,
- nasty ,
- nauseous ,
- negative ,
- not go for ,
- not hear of ,
- object ,
- object to ,
- objectionable ,
- offensive ,
- omit ,
- oppose ,
- ostracise ,
- ostracism ,
- ouster ,
- outlaw ,
- partition ,
- pass over ,
- post ,
- preclude ,
- prohibition ,
- proscription ,
- protest ,
- put away ,
- rebuff ,
- refuse to acknowledge ,
- relegation ,
- removal ,
- repel ,
- repugnance ,
- repulsion ,
- repulsive ,
- repulsiveness ,
- revolting ,
- riddance ,
- run out ,
- russet ,
- say no to ,
- segment ,
- send down ,
- send to Coventry ,
- separation ,
- sequestrate ,
- shoulder ,
- shun ,
- shut out ,
- snob ,
- taboo ,
- tabu ,
- take exception ,
- take exception to ,
- tawny ,
- think little of ,
- throw away ,
- throw out ,
- thrust out ,
- toss ,
- toss away ,
- toss out ,
- ugly ,
- unfrock .
- bar .
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How to use "Ostracize" in context?
The word ostracize has a range of meanings, but in general, it refers to the act of exiling someone from a group. It can be used as a verb, meaning to expel someone from a social or professional circle, or it can be used as a noun, meaning the act of exiling someone from a group. In some cases, ostracism can be a positive thing, as it can lead to people developing a thicker skin and learning to stand up for themselves.
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