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

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

The synonyms of “Expel” are: discharge, eject, exhaust, release, rout, rout out, boot out, drum out, kick out, oust, throw out, bar, ban, debar, thrust out, push out, turn out, remove, get rid of, banish, exile, deport, evict, expatriate, dismiss, displace, let out, force out, issue, send forth

Expel as a Verb

Definitions of "Expel" as a verb

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

• Remove from a position or office.
• Force to leave or move out.
• Cause to flee.
• Force (someone) to leave a place.
• Officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization.
• Eliminate (a substance.
• Force out (something), especially from the body.

Synonyms of "Expel" as a verb (30 Words)

ban	Ban from a place of residence as for punishment. Smoking is banned in this building.
banish	Expel, as if by official decree. Banish gloom.
bar	Fasten something especially a door or window with a bar or bars. She bolted and barred the door.
boot out	Kick; give a boot to.
debar	Exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something. They were debarred entry to the port.
deport	Expel from a country. He has deported himself with great dignity.
discharge	Go off or discharge. The bank had failed to discharge its supervisory duties.
dismiss	Treat as unworthy of serious consideration. The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence.
displace	Move (something) from its proper or usual position. He seems to have displaced some vertebrae.
drum out	Study intensively, as before an exam.
eject	Leave an aircraft rapidly using an ejection seat or capsule. He put the plane in a nosedive and ejected.
evict	Expel or eject without recourse to legal process. A single mother and her children have been evicted from their home.
exhaust	Wear out completely. You should never exhaust bathroom air into your attic.
exile	Expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons. The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government s actions.
expatriate	Expel from a country. Money found to have been expatriated to Singapore banks.
force out	Move with force.
get rid of	Evoke an emotional response.
issue	Make out and issue. The struggles of history issue from the divided heart of humanity.
kick out	Stop consuming.
let out	Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen.
oust	Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place. The word processor has ousted the typewriter.
push out	Make publicity for; try to sell (a product.
release	Release as from one s grip. He released the handbrake.
remove	Remove from a position or an office. He removed his children to the countryside.
rout	Cause to flee. Rout out the fighters from their caves.
rout out	Defeat disastrously.
send forth	Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television.
throw out	Make on a potter’s wheel.
thrust out	Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
turn out	Twist suddenly so as to sprain.

Usage Examples of "Expel" as a verb

• He was expelled from his native country.
• She was expelled from school.
• Eight diplomats were expelled from Norway for espionage.
• She expelled a shuddering breath.

Associations of "Expel" (30 Words)

abolition	The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery. The abolition of capital punishment.
abolitionism	The doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery.
abolitionist	A person who favours the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery. The abolitionist movement.
banish	Expel from a community or group. He was banished from his own country.
cancellation	The act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement. The show is sold out but check for cancellations.
coup	An unusual or unexpected but successful tactic in card play. He was overthrown in an army coup.
cutout	A part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out.
delete	Remove (data) from a computer’s memory. You can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program.
deport	Exile (a native) to another country. He was deported for violation of immigration laws.
depose	Remove from office suddenly and forcefully. He had been deposed by a military coup.
discharge	Go off or discharge. An application for discharge of a supervision order.
eject	Leave an aircraft rapidly using an ejection seat or capsule. He was ejected from office in July.
elimination	The generation of a simple substance as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules. The treatment promotes the elimination of toxins.
erase	Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information. The file has been erased from the hard disk.
evict	Expel or eject without recourse to legal process. The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months.
excise	Levy an excise tax on. The surgeon excised the tumor.
exclude	Expel (a pupil) from school. The unruly student was excluded from the game.
exclusion	The process of excluding or the state of being excluded. Exclusions can be added to your policy.
exile	A person who is expelled from home or country by authority. The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government s actions.
expatriate	Send (a person or money) abroad. American expatriates.
expulsion	The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. The expulsion of two diplomats from the embassy.
expunge	Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. The kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory.
extradite	Hand over to the authorities of another country. They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there.
ghetto	A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups. A middle class ghetto of prosperous professionals.
liquidate	Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off. Nationalist rivals and critics were liquidated in bloody purges.
manumission	Release from slavery. Manumission documents from the Slavery Chancellery.
ostracize	(in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote. She was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers.
oust	Deprive of or exclude from possession of something. The reformists were ousted from power.
riddance	The act of forcing out someone or something. The new movement emphasized discipline not riddance or punishment as a method of solving the criminal problem.
rout	A large evening party or reception. In a matter of minutes the attackers were routed.