Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lockout

1 sense of lockout

Sense 1
lockout -- (a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms)
       => resistance, opposition -- (the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead")