DISPEL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISPEL?

Need another word that means the same as “dispel”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “dispel” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dispel” are: break up, disperse, dissipate, scatter, chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back, banish, eliminate, dismiss, get rid of, disseminate

Dispel as a Verb

Definitions of "Dispel" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dispel” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.
• Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.
• To cause to separate and go in different directions.

Synonyms of "Dispel" as a verb (15 Words)

banish	Expel from a community or group. Banish bad thoughts.
break up	Undergo breaking.
chase away	Cut a groove into.
dismiss	Remove from employment or office, typically on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance. He told his company to dismiss.
disperse	Cause to separate. The crowd dispersed.
disseminate	Spread throughout an organ or the body. There is a subset of these low grade tumours that can disseminate and migrate.
dissipate	Disperse or scatter. He inherited but then dissipated his father s fortune.
drive away	Urge forward.
drive off	Cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force.
drive out	To compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly.
eliminate	Eliminate from the body. Let s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics.
get rid of	Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase.
run off	Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position.
scatter	Sow by scattering. Scatter the coconut over the icing.
turn back	Shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel.

Usage Examples of "Dispel" as a verb

• Dispel doubts.
• The brightness of the day did nothing to dispel Elaine's dejection.

Associations of "Dispel" (30 Words)

asunder	Apart. As wide asunder as pole from pole.
away	Out of the way especially away from one s thoughts. Ran away from the lion.
circulate	Become widely known and passed on. This letter is being circulated among the faculty.
diffuse	Spread or diffuse through. The second argument is more diffuse.
diffusion	The spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another. The rapid diffusion of ideas and technology.
dispersal	The splitting up of a group of people, causing them to leave in different directions. Colleges had made large dispersals and the shops were filled with books.
disperse	Denoting a phase dispersed in another phase as in a colloid. The earlier mist had dispersed.
dispersed	Distributed or spread over a considerable extent. Has ties with many widely dispersed friends.
dispersion	Spreading widely or driving off. The dispersion of the troops.
disseminate	Spread throughout an organ or the body. There is a subset of these low grade tumours that can disseminate and migrate.
dissemination	The property of being diffused or dispersed. The dissemination of public information.
dissipate	(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear. No power is dissipated in this sort of control element.
dissolution	Disintegration; decomposition. Minerals susceptible to dissolution.
distract	Prevent (someone) from concentrating on something. It was another attempt to distract attention from the truth.
diversify	Enlarge or vary the range of products or the field of operation of (a business. Diversify a course of study.
effluence	The process of flowing out.
imbue	Fill soak or imbue totally. His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity.
intersperse	Place at intervals in or among. Deep pools interspersed by shallow shingle banks.
perfuse	Permeate or suffuse with a liquid, colour, or quality. Perfuse a liver with a salt solution.
pervasiveness	The quality of spreading widely or being present throughout an area or a group of people. The pervasiveness of violence on television.
proliferate	Increase rapidly in number; multiply. The science fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s.
proliferation	A large number of something. A continuing threat of nuclear proliferation.
prolix	(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy. A prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know.
scatter	Sow by scattering. The light is scattered as it strikes particles suspended in the air.
scattered	Occurring or found at intervals or various locations rather than all together. Scattered thoughts.
spray	A can or container holding a spray. Water sprayed into the air.
spread	A bedspread. The rumor spread.
sprinkle	Cover (an object or surface) with small drops or particles of a substance. I sprinkled the floor with water.
strew	Spread by scattering. Dead bodies strewed the ground.
suffuse	Gradually spread through or over. Her cheeks were suffused with colour.