Definition for Ostracize:

• In ancient Greece, to banish by the vote of the people written on a potsherd: to banish from society.

Synonyms for Ostracize:

• n.

  •
  • avoid,
  • brush off.

• v.

  •exclude (verb)
  • ban,
  • bar,
  • deny,
  • amputate,
  • disqualify,
  • disallow,
  • eradicate,
  • excise,
  • forbid,
  • renounce,
  • ignore.
  •exile, banish (verb)
  • deport,
  • displace,
  • drop,
  • cut,
  • expel,
  • excommunicate,
  • reject,
  • shun,
  • shut out,
  • leave in the cold,
  • throw out.
  •seclude (verb)
  • cloister,
  • confine,
  • alienate,
  • evict,
  • extradite,
  • insulate,
  • segregate,
  • isolate,
  • sequester,
  • extirpate,
  • screen,
  • separate,
  • cordon,
  • closet,
  • remove,
  • disbar,
  • eliminate,
  • eject,
  • detach.
  •shame (verb)
  • discomfit,
  • debunk,
  • ridicule,
  • scandalize,
  • pillory,
  • malign,
  • stigmatize,
  • expose,
  • dishonor,
  • mock,
  • shame,
  • humiliate,
  • show up,
  • vilify,
  • disgrace.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shut.
  •exclude
  • drive out,
  • lock out,
  • force out,
  • leave out.
  •isolate
  • quarantine.
  •Other relevant words:
  • count out,
  • freeze,
  • disapprove of,
  • ugly,
  • chuck out,
  • frown,
  • send to Coventry,
  • proscription,
  • censor,
  • repugnance,
  • clamor,
  • discard,
  • brown,
  • partition,
  • disfavor,
  • frown upon,
  • revolting,
  • cast aside,
  • put away,
  • dispose,
  • abandon,
  • post,
  • hate,
  • detest,
  • foul,
  • snob,
  • mob,
  • dissolution,
  • expulsion,
  • taboo,
  • drum out,
  • banishment,
  • disagreeable,
  • hiss,
  • riddance,
  • Ejectment,
  • think little of,
  • toss,
  • horrible,
  • anathema,
  • kick out,
  • ostracise,
  • hoot,
  • dislike,
  • disapprove,
  • debar,
  • rebuff,
  • dissent,
  • unfrock,
  • removal,
  • hideous,
  • discharge,
  • condemn,
  • abhorrent,
  • forbidding,
  • dismissal,
  • repulsiveness,
  • loathsome,
  • escape,
  • ejection,
  • expatriation,
  • refuse to acknowledge,
  • nauseous,
  • sequestrate,
  • shoulder,
  • eviction,
  • repel,
  • objectionable,
  • toss out,
  • frown at,
  • FUGITATE,
  • thrust out,
  • relegation,
  • toss away,
  • distribute,
  • Disbench,
  • nasty,
  • protest,
  • detestable,
  • cold shoulder,
  • run out,
  • horrid,
  • expelling,
  • take exception to,
  • omit,
  • object,
  • disgusting,
  • separation,
  • decry,
  • embargo,
  • oppose,
  • discriminate against,
  • tawny,
  • negative,
  • throw away,
  • cry down,
  • elimination,
  • say no to,
  • exception,
  • excommunication,
  • send down,
  • dismiss,
  • fling,
  • repulsive,
  • repulsion,
  • deportation,
  • maroon,
  • hat,
  • ostracism,
  • eschew,
  • interdict,
  • blockade,
  • extrusion,
  • prohibition,
  • preclude,
  • exclusion,
  • not go for,
  • ouster,
  • tabu,
  • cast away,
  • segment,
  • offensive,
  • distasteful,
  • russet,
  • denial,
  • not hear of,
  • compartmentalize,
  • look askance at,
  • pass over,
  • abstain,
  • evade,
  • outlaw,
  • Disfellowship,
  • object to,
  • take exception.

Antonyms for Ostracize:

• v.

  • exile, banish
    accept, allow, welcome, permit, admit, include, embrace.