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oust

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of oust

1 to drive or force out

she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies

Synonyms of oust

banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, kick out, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British], turn out

Words Related to oust

deforce, deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut out

ax (or axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate

Phrases Synonymous with oust

give one the gate [slang], send packing

Near Antonyms of oust

accept, admit, receive, take, take in

entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter

2 to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)

the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator

Synonyms of oust

defrock, depose, deprive, dethrone, displace, uncrown, unmake, unseat, unthrone

Words Related to oust

can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, remove, retire, sack

overthrow, subvert, supplant, topple, usurp

banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, rout, run off, throw out

Near Antonyms of oust

baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest

appoint, designate, elect

Antonyms of oust

crown, enthrone, throne

3 to end the occupancy or possession of

the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building

Synonyms of oust

dispossess, divest, expropriate

Words Related to oust

disfurnish, strip

bereave, deprive, disinherit

annex, appropriate, commandeer, impound, seize, take over, usurp

Synonym Discussion of oust

eject, expel, oust, evict mean to drive or force out. eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action.

- ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar

expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.

- a student expelled from college

oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.

- police ousted the squatters

evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.

- evicted for nonpayment of rent

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