boycott
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
Types & categories
- protest hypernym
Related & opposite
- boycott derivation
Sense 2 verb
refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
Types & categories
- ostracize hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | boycott |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | protest |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | patronise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | boycott |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ostracize |