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Synonyms for drive out

  • verb

Most common

turn back drive off drive away chase away flush expel force out eject

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Turn back

turn back, drive off, drive away, chase away, dispel

2. Expel — to push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere

expel, flush

3. Force out

force out, rouse

Other

eject, get in, banish, expectorate rare

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.

  2. v. 2

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, out.

Choose the right word

Drive Out or Expel?

To expel is to drive out with violence or rudeness, and so often with disgrace.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • flush Don't flush yet. They've cut off our water supply.
  • expel The elders decided to expel him from the village.

By length

5 letters
flush1, expel2, rouse1, eject2
6 letters
dispel2, banish2
11 letters
expectorate

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

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