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

1 sense of shutout

Sense 1
shutout, skunk -- (a defeat in a game where one side fails to score)
       => defeat, licking -- (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shut_out

1 sense of shut out

Sense 1
exclude, keep out, shut out, shut -- (prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country")
       => prevent, keep -- (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles")