boycott C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ UK /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to refuse to deal with a person, company, or country as a protest Consumers vowed to boycott the brand over its labor practices. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to refuse to deal with a... shunostracizeblacklistembargoavoidspurn ↔ Opposites patronizesupportembrace Word family Derived forms boycotterboycotted Etymology AI details An eponym from Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), a land agent in Ireland who was ostracized by the local community in 1880 during the Land League agitation. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # boycott **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈbɔɪkɑt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbɔɪkɒt/ ## Meanings 1. to refuse to deal with a person, company, or country as a protest ## Examples - Consumers vowed to boycott the brand over its labor practices. ## Synonyms - shun - ostracize - blacklist - embargo - avoid - spurn ## Antonyms - patronize - support - embrace ## Derived Forms - boycotter - boycotted ## Etymology An eponym from Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), a land agent in Ireland who was ostracized by the local community in 1880 during the Land League agitation. ## AI Etymology Boycott is an eponym from Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), a land agent in Ireland who was ostracized by the local community in 1880 during the Land League agitation. Used as a verb and noun, boycott now means "refuse to deal with a person, company, or country as a protest", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as boycotter and boycotted. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the historical form and the modern word boycott. ## Topics - People & Society markdown