Synonyms for eject
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Compel to leave
expel, discharge, drive out, evict, exclude, put out, throw out, boot out informal, oust, dismiss, force out, shoot, extrude, thrust out, reject, eliminate, dispossess, release, emit, cast out, banish, belch
2. Throw
throw, throw up, disgorge, come out, punch out, throw overboard, vomit, toss, spew, cast, purge, puke informal
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar.
- v. 2
To throw out or remove forcefully.
In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident.
Related words
- Word family
- ejection ejector ejectosome ejecta ejectamenta ejectment
Forms
- Past participle
- ejected
e.g. ejected → expelled, discharged, evicted, excluded…
Example sentences
- expel The elders decided to expel him from the village.
- evict If you don't pay rent, the landlord will evict you.
- oust They wanted to oust the communist government of Fidel Castro.
By length
- 4 letters
- cast1, toss1, puke1, emit2, oust1, spew1
- 5 letters
- throw1, shoot1, purge1, vomit2, expel2, evict2, belch1
- 6 letters
- remove2, reject2, banish2
- 7 letters
- release2, dismiss2, exclude2, extrude2
- 8 letters
- disgorge2
- 9 letters
- eliminate4, discharge2
- 10 letters
- dispossess3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (emit2 = 2 syllables).