Synonyms for dislodge

Most common

expel · remove · displace · oust

All synonyms

Verb

Antonyms

lodge, place

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.

Forms

Past participle

dislodged
e.g. dislodged → expelled, removed, displaced, ousted…

Example sentences

• remove Please remove that chair because it is in the way.
• expel The elders decided to expel him from the village.
• displace Drought could displace millions of Algerians.
• oust They wanted to oust the communist government of Fidel Castro.
• bump Ziri gave Rima a bump with the front of his truck.
• dispossess You don't need to dispossess the Palestinians to be a Jew.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

free¹, move¹, bump¹, oust¹

5 letters

shift¹, expel²

6 letters

remove²

8 letters

displace²

10 letters

reposition⁴, dispossess³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (expel² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

déloger

Italiano

sloggiare