Synonyms of banishing

banishing

verb

present participle of banish

1

as in exiling

to force to leave a country

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exiling
• relegating
• deporting
• evicting
• transporting
• eliminating
• displacing
• expelling
• expatriating
• excluding
• dismissing
• ejecting
• running out
• ousting
• ostracizing
• excommunicating
• spurning
• casting out
• rejecting
• kicking out
• dispossessing
• repudiating
• expulsing
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• accepting
• admitting
• repatriating
• naturalizing
• taking in
• sheltering
• harboring
• entertaining
• housing

2

as in dismissing

to drive or force out

permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissing
• ejecting
• chasing
• expelling
• evicting
• removing
• sacking
• ousting
• routing
• extruding
• exiling
• casting out
• kicking out
• drumming (out)
• bouncing
• firing
• booting (out)
• running off
• outing
• turning out
• throwing out
• ostracizing
• turfing (out)
• dispossessing
• giving one the gate
• deporting
• displacing
• terminating
• sending packing
• expatriating
• shutting out
• discharging
• releasing
• reading out
• retiring
• axing
• deforcing
• defenestrating
• mustering out
• canning
• cashiering
• pink-slipping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• taking
• accepting
• admitting
• taking in
• welcoming
• harboring
• sheltering
• entertaining
• lodging
• housing