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expatriate

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of expatriate

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons

while in exile, the deposed king was accompanied by a small band of loyal expatriates

Synonyms of expatriate

deportee, émigré (also emigré), evacuee, exile, expat [chiefly British], refugee

Words Related to expatriate

alien, fugitive

castoff, outcast, pariah

loyalist, patriot

expatriate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of expatriate

to force to leave a country

members of the deposed dictatorʼs once-feared political party were expatriated as well

Synonyms of expatriate

banish, deport, displace, exile, relegate, transport

Words Related to expatriate

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

excommunicate, ostracize, reject, repudiate, spurn

Near Antonyms of expatriate

naturalize, repatriate

accept, admit, receive, take in

entertain, harbor, house, shelter

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