ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsBboycott
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boycott
Meaning: to refuse to buy or use something as a form of protest
boycott in a sentence
How boycott is used in real sentences:
Students decided to boycott the cafeteria until the menu improved.
When the factory refused to improve working conditions, local unions organized a boycott that lasted for several months.
“At the conservatory, students were folding signs: they had planned to boycott the auditions until trustees restored four scholarships.”
— from the passage The White Road
Synonyms for boycott
Other words for boycott — shun, blacklist and reject — carry the same meaning.
- shun
- blacklist
- reject
Antonyms of boycott
Words that mean the opposite of boycott:
- support
Where it comes from
From Captain Charles Boycott, an English land agent shunned by his community in 1880
Memory hook
BOYcott — a whole team refuses to play, just like a boycott refuses to buy.