oust

oust

verb

Definition of OUST

1

to drive or force out <she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies>

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

Related Words 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

Near Antonyms accept, admit, receive, take, take in; welcome; entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter

2

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) <the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator>

Synonyms defrock, deprive, dethrone, displace, oust, uncrown, unmake, unseat, unthrone

Related Words can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, remove, retire, sack; overthrow, subvert, supplant, topple, usurp; banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, rout, run off, throw out

Near Antonyms baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest; appoint, designate, elect

Antonyms crown, enthrone, throne

3

to end the occupancy or possession of <the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building>

Synonyms divest, expropriate, oust

Related Words deforce, evict; disfurnish, strip; bereave, deprive, disinherit; annex, appropriate, commandeer, impound, seize, take over, usurp