Synonyms for dispel
Most common
drive away turn back drive out chase away disperse dissipate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Drive away
Definitions
- v. 1
To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun.
- v. 2
To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
Forms
- Past participle
- dispelled
e.g. dispelled → dispersed, dissipated, scattered, dismissed…
Example sentences
- disperse The police hurried to disperse the riots with force.
- dissipate The fog started to dissipate about ten o'clock.
By length
- 7 letters
- dismiss2, scatter2
- 8 letters
- disperse2
- 9 letters
- dissipate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dismiss2 = 2 syllables).