<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>excluded</li><li>excluding</li><li>to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.</li><li>Synonyms: preclude, omit, except, prohibit, bar</li><li>Antonyms: include</li><li>to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.</li><li>to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject: He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.</li><li>Synonyms: reject</li></ul>