banish | Definition of banish

Synonyms and Antonyms of banish

1 to force to leave a country

in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands

Synonyms of banish

deport, displace, exile, expatriate, relegate, transport

Words Related to banish

cast out, dismiss, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, kick out, oust, run out, throw out

excommunicate, ostracize, reject, repudiate, spurn

Near Antonyms of banish

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 of banish

boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British], turn out

Words Related to banish

deforce, deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut out

ax (or axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate

Phrases Synonymous with banish

give one the gate [slang], send packing

Near Antonyms of banish

accept, admit, receive, take, take in

entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter