Thesaurus
banish
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BANISH
1
to force to leave a country <in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands>
Related Words cast out, dismiss, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, kick out, oust, run out, throw out; excommunicate, ostracize, reject, repudiate, spurn; dispossess
Near Antonyms naturalize, repatriate; accept, admit, receive, take in; entertain, harbor, house, shelter
2
to drive or force out <permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center>
Synonyms banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British], turn out
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