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

Candidates up and down the ballot seized the moment to stake their position against Cuba’s communist government to voters in Florida, which has the most Cuban exiles in the country. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

Producers Arya Ibrahim and Gita Fara describe the project as a story of the political upheaval of 1965, which tore families apart and left people who lost their citizenship living as exiles. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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

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

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