Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blacklist

/ˈblæklɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: black-list
IPA: /ˈblæklɪst/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.

verb

To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block."
"You can blacklist known spammers with that button."
"She blacklisted me from her dorm party since I yakked on her couch last time."
"As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black English list English blacklist From black + list.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

blacklists (plural) blacklists (present, singular) blacklisting (participle, present) blacklisted (participle, past) blacklisted (past)

Derived Forms

blacklistable blacklistee blacklister

Phrases

Black Book black books in someone's black books hit list stop list wanted list

Frequently Paired Words

Black Book black books in someone's black books blocklist hit list shitlist stop list wanted list

Synonyms

blocklist denylist hotlist blackball send to Coventry boycott black book shitlist

Antonyms

allowlist fair list greylist whitelist

Rhymes With

backlist

Questions

How do you pronounce blacklist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblæklɪst/.
What does blacklist mean?: A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.
Where does blacklist come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *blakaz Proto-West Germanic *blak Old English blæc Middle English blak English black English list English blacklist From black + list.

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