blocklist

English

Etymology

From block +‎ list.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

blocklist (plural blocklists)

1. (computing) A list of websites or other material to be blocked.

   Every time I get spam in my inbox, I add the sender to my blocklist.

2. (computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.

Usage notes

This term and denylist are advocated for by some who claim that the term blacklist is objectionable.

Synonyms

• (list or set of people or entities to be banned): blacklist, denylist

Antonyms

• allowlist
• whitelist

Translations

list of websites or other material to be blocked

• Vietnamese: danh sách cấm, danh sách chặn (vi)

list or set of people or entities to be banned

• Catalan: lista de prohibició f
• French: liste de prohibition f
• Italian: lista di proibizione f
• Portuguese: lista de proibidos f
• Spanish: lista de prohibidos f
• Vietnamese: danh sách cấm, danh sách chặn (vi)

Verb

blocklist (third-person singular simple present blocklists, present participle blocklisting, simple past and past participle blocklisted)

1. (transitive) To place on a blocklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be blocked