shut out

Questions about shut out

What does shut out mean?

shut out means "prevent from entering; shut out".

What is another word for shut out?

Close synonyms include exclude, keep out, shut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shut out a common word?

shut out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.