Synonyms for excommunicate
- verb
- noun
All synonyms
Verb
1. Expel
expel, denounce, banish, proscribe, curse, exclude, unchurch, anathematize, anathematise UK
Other
dismiss, blackball, disfellowship, takfir
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
- n. 1
An excommunicated person.
Forms
- Plural
- excommunicates → excommunicants, excommunicatees…
- Past participle
- excommunicated
e.g. excommunicated → expelled, denounced, banished, proscribed…
Example sentences
- expel The elders decided to expel him from the village.
- denounce The alterglobalists denounce growing inequalities.
- banish I've tried to banish the memory of him crying.
- dismiss Sami's attorney filed a motion to dismiss the case.
By length
- 5 letters
- curse1, expel2
- 6 letters
- banish2, takfir
- 7 letters
- dismiss2, exclude2
- 8 letters
- denounce2, unchurch
- 9 letters
- blackball2, proscribe2
- 12 letters
- anathematize, anathematise
- 13 letters
- disfellowship, excommunicant
- 14 letters
- excommunicatee
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (expel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- excommunier