Entry Word: exclude

Function: verb

Meaning: to prevent the participation or inclusion of <troublemakers were excluded from the club>

Synonyms ban, bar, count out, debar, eliminate, except, rule out

Related Words blackball, blacklist, ostracize; banish, deport, exile, expel, oust, throw out; block, hinder, impede, obstruct; cease, discontinue, halt, suspend; deter, stave off, ward (off)

Near Antonyms accept, entertain, receive, welcome

Antonyms admit, include