BLACKLIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blacklist mean? 

• BLACKLIST (noun)
  The noun BLACKLIST has 1 sense:

1. a list of people who are out of favor

  Familiarity information: BLACKLIST used as a noun is very rare.

• BLACKLIST (verb)
  The verb BLACKLIST has 1 sense:

1. put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted

  Familiarity information: BLACKLIST used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACKLIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A list of people who are out of favor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

black book; blacklist; shitlist

Hypernyms ("blacklist" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Derivation:

blacklist (put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted)

• BLACKLIST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they blacklist    ... he / she / it blacklists   
Past simple: blacklisted   
Past participle: blacklisted   
-ing form: blacklisting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

many books were blacklisted by the Nazis

Hypernyms (to "blacklist" is one way to...):

list (include in a list)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue blacklist the movie

Derivation:

blacklist (a list of people who are out of favor)