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exile

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of exile

1 the forced removal from a homeland

  • the exile of French settlers from Nova Scotia resulted in the birth of the Cajun community in the U.S.
Synonyms of exile

banishment, deportation, displacement, expatriation, expulsion, relegation
Words Related to exile

ostracism

extradition

diaspora, dispersion, scattering

emigration, migration

evacuation

ethnic cleansing, transportation

dispossession, ejection, ouster
Near Antonyms of exile

repatriation, return

immigration

2 a person forced to emigrate for political reasons

  • after being overthrown in a coup, the dictator spent the remainder of his life as an exile in a string of less-than-welcoming countries
Synonyms of exile

deportee, émigré (also emigré), evacuee, expat [chiefly British], expatriate, refugee
Words Related to exile

alien, fugitive

castoff, outcast, pariah

loyalist, patriot

exile

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of exile

to force to leave a country

  • with their conquest of the Moors complete, Ferdinand and Isabella next exiled the Jews from Spain
Synonyms of exile

banish, deport, displace, expatriate, relegate, transport
Words Related to exile

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

excommunicate, ostracize, reject, repudiate, spurn

dispossess
Near Antonyms of exile

naturalize, repatriate

accept, admit, receive, take in

entertain, harbor, house, shelter

Synonym Discussion of exile

banish, exile, deport, transport mean to remove by authority from a state or country. banish implies compulsory removal from a country not necessarily one's own.
    • banished for seditious activities
exile may imply compulsory removal or an enforced or voluntary absence from one's own country.
    • a writer who exiled himself for political reasons
deport implies sending out of the country an alien who has illegally entered or whose presence is judged inimical to the public welfare.
    • illegal aliens will be deported
transport implies sending a convicted criminal to an overseas penal colony.
    • a convict who was transported to Australia

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  1. See words that rhyme with exile Dictionary: Definition of exile Spanish Central: Translation of exile Nglish: Translation of exile for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of exile for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about exile

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