Synonyms for expel
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To remove from membership.
He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
- v. 2
To eject.
- v. 3
To deport.
Related words
- Word family
- expulsion
Forms
- Past participle
- expelled
e.g. expelled → ousted, removed, banished, dislodged…
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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
- remove Please remove that chair because it is in the way.
- banish I've tried to banish the memory of him crying.
- oust They wanted to oust the communist government of Fidel Castro.
- dislodge Otoliths may dislodge suddenly and tumble down.
- evacuate Be prepared to evacuate in case of emergencies.
By length
- 4 letters
- fire2, void1, sack1, emit2, rout1, oust1
- 5 letters
- exile2, eject2, belch1
- 6 letters
- remove2, banish2, exhale2
- 7 letters
- release2, dismiss2, exclude2, exhaust2, extrude2
- 8 letters
- evacuate4, dislodge2, relegate3, unchurch, fordrive
- 9 letters
- eliminate4, discharge2, ostracize3, proscribe2, ostracise
- 13 letters
- excommunicate5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- expulser
- Italiano
- sfrattare
- Español
- expulsar
- Deutsch
- vertreiben
- Català
- desnonar