blacklist
Names to exclude
A blacklist is a list of people, organizations, or things to be excluded, avoided, or punished.
During the McCarthy era, Hollywood maintained a blacklist of suspected communists who couldn't find work.
The verb means to place on such a list: The company was blacklisted after the scandal.
In computing, a blacklist blocks specific email addresses, IP addresses, or websites.
Exclude from a group
- shunDeliberately keep away
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- excludeBar from participation
expel · isolate · outcast · pariah · alienate · blackball · cold-shoulder · excommunicate
Formally disallow
- forbidDeclare not allowed
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- barDrinking establishment
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
veto · proscribe · interdict · outlaw · restrict · debar · suspend · disallow
Network access control system
- antivirusMalware detection program
- spam filterSoftware blocking unwanted email
- blocklistCatalog of prohibited items
- IP banDenying access by address
access control · allowlist · malware · phishing · quarantine · flag · filter · spam
Forcibly put an end to
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- expurgateRemove offensive material
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
- censorOne who suppresses content
silence · stifle · purge · clampdown · blackout · shadowban · deplatform · scrub
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- profileSide-facing outline
- redlineEditorial revision marking
- segregateSeparate by category
- marginalizeTreat as insignificant
stigmatize · target · stereotype · unfair · inequity · bigotry · scapegoat · victimize
ostracize
Exclude from a group
exclude · expel · isolate · outcast · pariah · alienate · blackball · cold-shoulder · excommunicate · exile
prohibit
Formally disallow
embargo · veto · proscribe · interdict · outlaw · restrict · debar · suspend · disallow · boycott
firewall
Network access control system
- antivirusMalware detection program
- spam filterSoftware blocking unwanted email
- blocklistCatalog of prohibited items
IP ban · access control · allowlist · malware · phishing · quarantine · flag · filter · spam · security
suppress
Forcibly put an end to
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- expurgateRemove offensive material
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
censor · silence · stifle · purge · clampdown · blackout · shadowban · deplatform · scrub · erase
bias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
marginalize · stigmatize · target · stereotype · unfair · inequity · bigotry · scapegoat · victimize · disenfranchise
- No-Gobanned, forbidden, off-limits, illegal, outlawed
- anticorruptionanti-graft, ethics commission, ethics committee, financial disclosure, graft
- legal restrictionsban, prohibition, restriction, restraining order, court order
- media regulationcensorship, content moderation, press censorship, film censorship, art censorship
- watchlistswatchlist, persons of interest, most wanted
- network securityintrusion detection, IPS, IDS, access control, perimeter security
blacklistwhitelist
Approved access roster
guest list · roster · honor roll · greylist · allowlist
- Hollywood blacklistFilm industry political exclusion
- The BlacklistCrime drama series