ostracize

ostracize is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.
2. transitive verb. To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends.
3. verb. avoid speaking to or dealing with

   "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

   Synonyms: ostracise

4. verb. expel from a community or group

   Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, ostracise, shun

Synonyms

ostracise, ban, banish, blackball, shun

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ostracize:

socratize

Common word forms

ostracized, ostracizer, ostracizes, ostracizing

Words from these letters

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