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banished - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | banish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel from place or situation |
| Synonyms: | ban, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, eject, eliminate, eradicate, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, get rid of, isolate, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, remove, sequester, shake off, shut out, transport, cast out, drive away, expulse, extradict, rusticate |
| Antonyms: | allow, keep, welcome |
| Main Entry: | homeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | displaced |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, derelict, desolate, destitute, displaced, down-and-out*, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, itinerant, outcast, refugee, unsettled, unwelcome, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, banished, deported, disinherited, dispossessed, estranged, exiled, houseless, uncared-for, unhoused, without a roof |
| Antonyms: | settled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ban |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | officially forbid |
| Synonyms: | banish, bar, blackball*, curse, disallow, enjoin, exclude, halt, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, pass by, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, shut out, suppress, close down, close up, declare illegal, ice out, illegalize, pass up |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blacklist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ban |
| Synonyms: | banish, bar, blackball, boycott, debar, exclude, expel, hit list*, ostracize, preclude, proscribe, reject, repudiate, snub, thumbs down, put on hit list, vote against |
| Antonyms: | accept, allow, permit, welcome, ask in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, censure, confound, convict, criticize, curse, darn, doom, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, jinx, objurgate, pan*, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, anathematize, cast out, complain of, cry down, cuss, denunciate, drat, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, object to, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Antonyms: | bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, chuck, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, jettison, junk*, oust, protest, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, write off, adios, cast aside, deep-six, free of, give up, have done with, part with, put by, sweep away, throw overboard, toss aside |
| Antonyms: | embrace, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send away, remove; free |
| Synonyms: | abolish, banish, boot*, brush off*, bundle, cast off*, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, eject, expel, kick out*, outlaw, reject, release, relegate, relinquish, repel, repudiate, rid, send packing*, shed, supersede, turn out, cast out*, drive out, force out, have done with, let go, let out, lock out, push aside, push back, send off, show out, slough off, sweep away |
| Antonyms: | accept, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out of one's mind |
| Synonyms: | banish, contemn, deride, despise, discard, disdain, dispel, disregard, drop, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, mock, pooh-pooh*, rally, reject, relegate, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scout, shelve*, spurn, taunt, kiss off*, laugh away, lay aside, set aside, twit |
| Antonyms: | accept, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drive away thought, belief |
| Synonyms: | allay, banish, break up*, cancel, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout, scatter, scramble, split up*, beat off*, break it up, bust up, chase away |
| Antonyms: | accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute; scatter |
| Synonyms: | banish, break up, broadcast, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, dole out, eject, intersperse, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, vanish, besprinkle, cast forth, divvy, measure out, send off, take off in all directions |
| Antonyms: | arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather |
| Main Entry: | displace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove from position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | banish, can*, cashier*, cut out*, deport, depose, dethrone, discard, discharge, dismiss, exile, expatriate, fire, oust, relegate, remove, replace, sack*, succeed, supersede, supplant, transport, usurp, discrown, disenthrone, disthrone, step into shoes of, take over, take the place of, uncrown, unmake |
| Antonyms: | leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or be thrown out |
| Synonyms: | banish, bounce*, bump, debar, discharge, disgorge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, ditch, do away with*, dump*, eighty-six*, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eradicate, erupt, evict, exclude, expel, extrude, fire, get rid of, kick out*, oust, reject, rout, sack, send packing*, spew, spout, turn out, vomit, cast out, disbar, drive off, eruct, expulse, force out, give the boot, heave out, irrupt, kiss goodbye, show the gate to, spit out, squeeze out, throw overboard, unloose |
| Antonyms: | take in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deport from place |
| Synonyms: | banish, displace, dispossess, eject, evacuate, expatriate, expel, extradite, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, transport, turn out, cast out, drive out, expulse |
| Antonyms: | import, take in, welcome |
| Main Entry: | expatriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw out of a country |
| Synonyms: | banish, deport, displace, exile, expel, ostracize, oust, proscribe, relegate, transport, expulse |
| Antonyms: | allow, welcome |
| Main Entry: | oust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, get rid of |
| Synonyms: | banish, bereave, bounce*, chase, depose, deprive, dethrone, discharge, disinherit, dislodge, displace, dispossess, divest, eject, evict, fire, kick out, lay off, lose, ostracize, pink slip*, relegate, remove, rob, sack, send packing*, throw out, topple, transport, turn out, unseat, boot out, bundle off, cast out, drive out, expulse, force out, give the 1-2-3, let go, pack off, show the door |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outlaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prohibit; make illegal |
| Synonyms: | ban, banish, bar, condemn, damn, disallow, embargo, enjoin, exclude, forbid, inhibit, interdict, prevent, proscribe, stop, taboo, illegalize |
| Antonyms: | allow, legalize, permit |
| Main Entry: | proscribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, exclude |
| Synonyms: | ban, banish, blackball*, boycott, censure, damn, denounce, deport, doom*, embargo, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, forbid, interdict, ostracize, outlaw, prohibit, reject, sentence |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow, include, praise, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repudiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject; turn one's back on |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, apostatize, banish, be against, break with, cast, cast off, cut off, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disacknowledge, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit, dismiss, disown, dump, flush*, fly in the face of, forsake, nix*, oust, rat*, recant, refuse, renounce, repeal, reprobate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, spurn, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn down, wash one's hands of |
| Antonyms: | admit, approve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transport |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exile |
| Synonyms: | banish, deport, displace, expel, oust, relegate, sentence, cast out, expulse |
| Antonyms: | remain |
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