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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

welcome

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

deforce, evict

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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