Synonyms of exiles

exiles 1 of 2

noun

plural of exile

1

as in expulsions

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 & Similar Words

• expulsions
• deportations
• displacements
• emigrations
• migrations
• banishments
• expatriations
• dispersions
• diasporas
• evacuations
• relegations
• extraditions
• scatterings
• ejections
• ostracisms
• dispossessions
• transportations
• ousters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• returns
• repatriations
• immigrations

2

as in refugees

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 & Similar Words

• refugees
• émigrés
• expatriates
• deportees
• evacuees
• fugitives
• aliens
• expats
• patriots
• outcasts
• loyalists
• pariahs
• castoffs

exiles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of exile

as in banishes

to force to leave a country

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• banishes
• relegates
• deports
• transports
• expatriates
• evicts
• displaces
• expels
• excludes
• dismisses
• eliminates
• runs out
• ejects
• casts out
• kicks out
• excommunicates
• spurns
• rejects
• expulses
• dispossesses
• ousts
• ostracizes
• throws out
• repudiates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receives
• repatriates
• admits
• accepts
• takes in
• naturalizes
• shelters
• houses
• harbors
• entertains

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exiles

Noun

The organization documented that ICE had detained least eight Nicaraguan exiles who were stripped of their citizenship in a move observers say was intended to punish critics, the report said. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Sandinista operatives are suspected in a series of shootings, abductions and killings of Nicaraguan exiles in Costa Rica in recent years. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

In a poll by El Toque, an independent digital media platform run by Cuban journalists in exile, 54% of respondents inside Cuba said exiles should take part in a transitional government on equal terms. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Born in Miami's Little Havana, Salazar is the daughter of Cuban exiles. — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

After the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Israa like other Syrian exiles could weigh whether to return. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

Avila was born in Hialeah to exiles who left Castro’s repressive regime in Cuba — a biography certain to resonate in South Florida. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

The Iranian regime has been killing troublesome exiles since the Islamic Revolution, in 1979. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

In his brutal eight-year reign, Amin was estimated by exiles and human rights groups to have caused the deaths of at least 300,000 people and expelled the country’s Asian population. — Andrew Fifield, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Verb

This practice exiles him completely from the realm of literary fiction; some might even question whether Patterson is really a writer. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026