Synonyms of ousted

ousted

verb

past tense of oust

1

as in dismissed

to drive or force out

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissed
• ejected
• outed
• banished
• chased
• expelled
• evicted
• sacked
• removed
• routed
• kicked out
• cast out
• fired
• extruded
• sent packing
• exiled
• booted (out)
• bounced
• turned out
• drummed (out)
• ran off
• threw out
• ostracized
• gave one the gate
• dispossessed
• deported
• expatriated
• shut out
• displaced
• turfed (out)
• retired
• axed
• read out
• terminated
• cashiered
• discharged
• deforced
• released
• defenestrated
• canned
• mustered out
• pink-slipped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• received
• admitted
• accepted
• took
• welcomed
• took in
• entertained
• lodged
• housed
• sheltered
• harbored

2

as in deposed

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

the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deposed
• sacked
• toppled
• dismissed
• dethroned
• unseated
• deprived
• banished
• displaced
• fired
• defrocked
• removed
• uncrowned
• unthroned
• usurped
• ejected
• retired
• supplanted
• unmade
• cashiered
• expelled
• overthrew
• canned
• subverted
• mustered out
• discharged
• routed
• chased
• cast out
• extruded
• booted (out)
• bounced
• drummed (out)
• ran off
• threw out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crowned
• installed
• initiated
• elected
• appointed
• inaugurated
• enthroned
• inducted
• invested
• baptized
• designated
• throned
• instated

3

as in evicted

to end the occupancy or possession of

the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evicted
• deprived
• dispossessed
• stripped
• expropriated
• divested
• usurped
• disinherited
• annexed
• deforced
• appropriated
• disfurnished
• impounded
• bereaved
• commandeered
• seized
• took over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ousted

Funko’s sales had fallen 22% year over year in the second quarter of 2025, just before Simon joined, and the company had ousted its previous CEO that summer. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Kean won in 2022 by unseating Democrat Tom Malinowski, who had ousted Republican Leonard Lance in 2018. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Jones is trying to win a rematch with Tuberville after the Republican ousted him in a 2020 Senate race. — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

The Liberty were ousted in the first round last season by the Phoenix Mercury, who then eliminated the top-seeded Lynx before losing to the Las Vegas Aces for the title. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

After a series of missteps, the Disney board ousted Chapek in November 2022 and called Iger back into service. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Then Carl Icahn ran a proxy contest in the middle of all this that ousted the chairman in 2023 and led to CEO Francis deSouza resigning shortly after. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

They were ousted in the NLCS by the Los Angeles Dodgers, who held them to a total of four runs over a four-game sweep. — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Nevertheless, the other openers on the North American leg of the Loop Tour — Lukas Graham and Aaron Rowe — dropped out in protest of the way Macklemore was ousted. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026