Synonyms of evict

evict

verb

as in to eject

to force (someone) to leave a place

His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon.

They were evicted from their apartment.

Related Words

• eject
• banish
• expel
• dismiss
• deport
• dispossess
• exile
• chase
• remove
• displace
• ostracize
• shut out
• read out
• oust
• expatriate
• retire
• cast out
• deforce
• out
• sack
• kick out
• fire
• extrude
• terminate
• run off
• drum (out)
• boot (out)
• rout
• can
• bounce
• turf (out)
• turn out
• release
• throw out
• discharge
• ax
• defenestrate
• pink-slip
• muster out
• cashier

Dissimilar Words

• take
• accept
• receive
• admit
• take in
• welcome
• entertain
• shelter
• house
• lodge
• harbor

Synonym Chooser

How does the verb evict contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of evict are eject, expel, and oust. While all these words mean "to drive or force out," evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.

evicted for nonpayment of rent

When is eject a more appropriate choice than evict?

The words eject and evict can be used in similar contexts, but eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action.

ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar

When can expel be used instead of evict?

While in some cases nearly identical to evict, expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.

a student expelled from college

In what contexts can oust take the place of evict?

The words oust and evict are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.

police ousted the squatters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of evict

Villagers could be forcibly evicted from their land, which was then divided into oil blocks and sold off to petroleum companies. —Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026

The leader of Black Lives Matter OKC was being evicted from a rental house in northeast Oklahoma City in October 2022. —Brianna Bailey, The Frontier, 24 Mar. 2026

And if a single payment was missed, they were evicted. —Tonika Lewis Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026

Not since the Scoobies evicted Buffy from her own damn house has the BtVS fandom felt so betrayed. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026