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ostracize
Overview of verb ostracize
The verb ostracize has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball -- (expel from a community or group)
2. ostracize, ostracise -- (avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me")
Antonyms of verb ostracize
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ostracize
2 senses of ostracize
Sense 1
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
=> expel, throw out, kick out
=> move, displace
Sense 2
ostracize, ostracise
=> exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
=> prevent, keep
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ostracize
1 of 2 senses of ostracize
Sense 2
ostracize, ostracise
=> boycott
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ostracize
2 senses of ostracize
Sense 1
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
=> expel, throw out, kick out
Sense 2
ostracize, ostracise
=> exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
'Cause To' of verb ostracize
Derived Forms of verb ostracize
2 senses of ostracize
Sense 1
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
RELATED TO>(noun) ostracism#1
=> banishment, ostracism, Coventry
RELATED TO>(noun) ostracism#2
=> ostracism
Sense 2
ostracize, ostracise
RELATED TO>(noun) ostracism#1
=> banishment, ostracism, Coventry
RELATED TO>(noun) ostracism#2
=> ostracism
Domain of verb ostracize
Domain Terms of verb ostracize
Familiarity of verb ostracize
ostracize used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb ostracize
2 senses of ostracize
Sense 1
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
ostracize, ostracise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb ostracize
2 senses of ostracize
Sense 1
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
> expel, throw out, kick out
=> expatriate, deport, exile
=> suspend, debar
=> extradite, deliver, deport
=> banish, relegate, bar
=> banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
=> banish, ban
Sense 2
ostracize, ostracise
> exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
=> excommunicate, unchurch, curse
=> lock out
=> ostracize, ostracise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ostracize
Sense 1
banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
=> expel, throw out, kick out
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Sense 2
ostracize, ostracise
=> exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
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Grep of verb ostracize
ostracize
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