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Synonyms for banish
ˈbæn ɪʃban·ish

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 3 votes

  1. banish

    Banish, primarily to put under ban, to compel by authority to leave a place or country, perhaps with restriction to some other place or country. From a country, a person may be banished, exiled, or expatriated; banished from any country where he may happen to be, but expatriated or exiled only from his own. One may expatriate or exile himself; he is banished by others. Banish is a word of wide import; one may banish disturbing thoughts; care may banish sleep. To expel is to drive out with violence or rudeness, and so often with disgrace.

    Synonyms:
    ban, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, drive out, eject, evict, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, oust

    Preposition:
    Cataline was banished from Rome; John the Apostle was banished to Patmos.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. banish

    Synonyms:
    expel, abandon, dispel, eject, extrude, exclude, relegate, expatriate, repudiate, disclaim

    Antonyms:
    cherish, foster, protect, consider, encourage, locate, retain, entertain, domiciliate, domesticate, harbor

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 2 votes

  1. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackballverb

    expel from a community or group

    Synonyms:
    ostracize, veto, toss, relegate, cast out, toss out, fling, eschew, blackball, chuck out, dispose, ban, throw away, bar, censor, cast away, ostracise, cast aside, throw out, negative, put away, toss away, discard, shun

  2. banish, banverb

    ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

    Synonyms:
    blackball, ostracize, bar, ostracise, ban, cast out, relegate, censor, shun

  3. banish, relegate, barverb

    expel, as if by official decree

    "he was banished from his own country"

    Synonyms:
    barricade, blockade, block up, relegate, bump, cast out, classify, ban, blackball, submit, demote, break, debar, block, kick downstairs, bar, ostracize, block off, pass on, exclude, ostracise, stop, shun

  4. banishverb

    drive away

    "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

    Synonyms:
    blackball, ostracize, bar, ostracise, ban, cast out, relegate, shun

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. banishverb

    Synonyms:
    exile, expatriate, ostracize, expel from the country

  2. banishverb

    Synonyms:
    exclude, shut out, drive away, put out of mind

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 2 votes

  1. banishverb

    Synonyms:
    exile, expatriate, relegate, drive away, dismiss, expel

PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "banish":

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How to use banish in a sentence?

  1. Diogenes the Cynic (412 to 323 B.C.):

    If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

  2. Real Madrid:

    We do not know who the author or authors of this despicable act are, but their anonymity does not help them avoid responsibility. We hope that the authorities manage to clear up the circumstances and that justice helps to banish these types of behaviors.

  3. Agnes Repplier:

    It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

  4. Michel de Montaigne:

    When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

  5. David Sarnoff:

    We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.


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