Thesaurus:boycott

Thesaurus

boycott

English

Verb

Sense: to abstain from dealing with someone as an expression of protest

Synonyms

• black    [⇒ thesaurus] (UK)
• blackball
• blacklist
• boycott
• cancel (neologism)

Antonyms

• buycott
• endorse
• favour
• procott

Hyponyms

• embargo
• girlcott

Hypernyms

• abstain
• ignore    [⇒ thesaurus]
• protest

Various

• ostracize
• shun

See also

• Thesaurus:prohibit (verb)
• Thesaurus:repudiate (verb)
• Thesaurus:sanction (noun)

Further reading

• “761. prohibition” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “boycott” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.