| Main Entry: | oust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, get rid of |
Synonyms: |
banish, bereave, boot out, bounce*, bundle off, cast out, chase, depose, deprive, dethrone, discharge, disinherit, dislodge, displace, dispossess, divest, drive out, eject, evict, expulse, fire, force out, give the 1-2-3, kick out, lay off, let go, lose, ostracize, pack off, pink slip, relegate, remove, rob, sack, send packing, show the door, throw out, topple, transport, turn out, unseat |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | banish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel from place or situation |
Synonyms: |
ban, cast out, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, drive away, eject, eliminate, eradicate, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expulse, extradict, get rid of, isolate, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, remove, rusticate, sequester, shake off, shut out, transport |
Antonyms: |
allow, keep, welcome |
| Main Entry: | blackball |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel from group |
Synonyms: |
ban, blacklist, debar, exclude, ostracize, oust, reject, repudiate, snub, veto |
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evict |
Synonyms: |
ax, boot out, can*, discharge, dismiss, eighty-six, eject, fire, give one notice, give the heave ho, heave, kick out, oust, sack, terminate, throw |
Antonyms: |
allow, let in, permit |
| Main Entry: | cut out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excise, remove |
Synonyms: |
carve, cease, delete, displace, eliminate, exclude, exsect, extirpate, extract, give up, oust, pull out, refrain from, sever, stop, supersede, supplant, usurp |
Antonyms: |
add, include |
| Main Entry: | deport |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | banish |
Synonyms: |
cast out, dismiss, displace, exile, expatriate, expel, expulse, extradite, oust, relegate, ship out, transport |
Antonyms: |
allow, permit, stay |
| Main Entry: | deprive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep or take away something wanted, needed |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bare, bereave, denude, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, disrobe, divest, dock, expropriate, hold back, lose, oust, rob, seize, skim, stiff, strip, wrest |
Antonyms: |
appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply |
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off |
Antonyms: |
embrace, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, allow to go, clear, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, exonerate, expel, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, oust, pardon, release, unbind, unchain, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
detain, hold, imprison, keep |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
absolve, ax, boot out, bounce, bump, bust, can*, cashier, disburden, discard, disencumber, dispense, displace, eject, excuse, exempt, expel, fire, freeze out, give one notice, kick out, lay off, let go, let off, let one go, let out, lock out, nix, oust, privilege from, relieve, remove, replace, ride out on rail, run out of town, show the door, spare, supersede, supplant, terminate, unload |
Antonyms: |
assign, delegate, employ, engage, hire |