Dictionary Definition
exclude
Verb
1 prevent from being included or considered or
accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave
off the top piece" [syn: except, leave out,
leave
off, omit, take out] [ant:
include]
2 prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees
were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who
have a criminal record from entering the country" [syn: keep out,
shut
out, shut] [ant:
admit]
3 lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip
excludes food and beverages" [ant: include]
5 put out or expel from a place; "The child was
expelled from the classroom" [syn: expel, eject, chuck out,
throw
out, kick out,
turf
out, boot out,
turn
out]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From excludere, from prefix ex-, + variant form of verb claudere.Verb
Antonyms
Translations
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abjure,
abscind, amputate, annihilate, anticipate, avert, ban, banish, bar, bar out, bate, blackball, blockade, bob, boot out, bounce, brush aside, cast, cast out, categorically
reject, chuck, chuck out,
clip, contemn, contradict, count out,
crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out,
debar, decline, defenestrate, deflect, deny, deport, despise, deter, detrude, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of,
discard, discharge, disclaim, discount, discourage, disdain, disfavor, disfellowship, dishearten, dismiss, disown, disregard, dissent from,
dock, eject, eliminate, embargo, enjoin, enucleate, eradicate, estop, evict, except, excise, exclude from, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extinguish, extirpate, extradite, extrude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, forswear, freeze out, frown at,
frown down, frown upon, fugitate, get rid of, give the
hook, grimace at, heave out, help, ignore, inhibit, interdict, isolate, jettison, junk, keep away, keep from, keep
off, keep out, kick downstairs, kick out, knock off, leave out,
lock out, look askance at, look black upon, lop, mutilate, nip, not approve, not go for, not
hear of, not hold with, object, object to, obtrude, obviate, omit, oppose, ostracize, oust, outlaw, pare, pass by, pass over, pass up,
peel, pick out, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, protest, prune, push aside, put out,
rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider,
reject, relegate, remove, renounce, repel, repress, repudiate, repulse, root out, rule, rule out, rusticate, save, say no to, scout, send away, send down, send
to Coventry, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shove away, shut out,
snub, spurn, stamp out, stave off,
strike off, strip, strip
off, suppress, taboo, take exception to, take
off, take out, think ill of, think little of, throw away, throw
out, throw overboard, thrust out, thumb down, toss out, transport, truncate, turn aside, turn
away, turn out, view with disfavor, waive, ward off, wipe
out