Oust

/ʌʊst/

Synonyms for "oust" (155 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Verb(10 words)

expelkick outbanish beheadboot outbumped cashiered depose deposed deposes

Adjective(1 words)

armed overthrow

Noun(3 words)

beheading boots deposing

bereaveboot outbounce break bring bust cashier castcast outchuckchuck outdeconsecrate defenestrate defrock deport depose deprive

Strong matches (47)

dethrone detrude disbar discard discharge discrown disenthrone disinherit dislodge dismiss dispel displace dispossess divest dropdrum outeject eliminate evict exclude

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excommunicate exile expatriate expel extrude firegive the gategive the hookheave outjettison

Verb(13 words)

dethrones dislodged dislodges displacedisplace familiesdrive outdrum outejected evict evicted evicting evicts expelled

Noun(4 words)

dethroning dislodging displacing expelling

Related words (77)

junkkick downstairskick outkick upstairslag liquidate lose obtrude ostracize overthrow overturn pensionpension offpurgeput outread out ofreject relegate removeremove from office

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retire robrun outstrip of officestrip of ranksuperannuate supersede suspendthrow awaythrow outthrow overboardthrust outtoppletoss outtransport turf turnturn outunchurch uncrown unfrock unhouse unkennel unsaddle unseat unthrone

Noun(9 words)

kickoverthrow of governmentoverthrowing purgingrecall election processrevolutionary overthrowtoppling governmentturfs unseating

Verb(20 words)

knocked overpower overthrew overthrows overturned remove removes replace supplanttake overthrow outtopple regimetoppled topples turfed unhorse unseatunseat a leaderunseated unseats

Adjective(2 words)

political overthrowviolent overthrow ideology

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

12 entries

displacement expulsionleadership changepolitical actionremoval remove replace replacement substitution supersedesupervene uponsupplant

More specific

6 entries

banish depose evict replace supplant unseat

Collocations

6 entries

oust a rivaloust an opponentoust from officeoust from poweroust the mayorousting the mayor

Inflections

3 entries

ousted ousting ousts

Derivations

1 entries

ouster

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They wanted to oust the communist government of Fidel Castro.

Source: tatoeba (802808)

The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.

Source: wiktionary

The CEO was ousted by the board of directors.

Source: wiktionary

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