Antonyms for expel
ɪkˈspɛlex·pel

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1. expelverb

   Antonyms:
   impel

2. expelverb

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   impel

3. expelverb

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   impel

4. expelverb

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   impel

5. expelverb

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1. expel

   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, banish, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, drive out, eject, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, oust

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

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1. expel, throw out, kick outverb

   force to leave or move out

   "He was expelled from his native country"

   Synonyms:
   toss, throw out, cast out, boot out, fling, throw away, cast away, discharge, release, chuck out, toss out, dispose, exhaust, rout, put away, dismiss, oust, advance, cast aside, kick out, drum out, rout out, toss away, discard, eject

2. oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expelverb

   remove from a position or office

   "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

   Synonyms:
   rout, exhaust, turf out, toss, throw out, cast out, boot out, fling, discharge, cast away, turn out, release, chuck out, toss out, dispose, dismiss, exclude, throw away, oust, advance, cast aside, kick out, rout out, drum out, put away, toss away, discard, eject

3. rout, rout out, expelverb

   cause to flee

   "rout out the fighters from their caves"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, boot out, spread-eagle, rouse, drive out, discharge, release, force out, eject, exhaust, rout, root, rout up, oust, spreadeagle, rootle, kick out, drum out, rout out, gouge

4. exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, releaseverb

   eliminate (a substance)

   "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

   Synonyms:
   unload, exhaust, let go, eat up, muster out, dispatch, complete, go off, wash up, eat, boot out, assoil, release, beat, tire, unloose, empty, resign, drop off, unblock, play out, put out, liberate, use up, fire, turf out, tucker out, relinquish, unloosen, squeeze out, bring out, throw out, let go of, squirt, run through, oust, exculpate, give up, chuck out, exclude, set down, clear, secrete, publish, put down, wipe out, unfreeze, acquit, kick out, drum out, rout out, turn out, force out, drop, rout, discharge, run down, exonerate, free, tucker, sap, turn, eject, consume, deplete, issue, loose

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1. expelverb

   Synonyms:
   eject, drive out, ostracize, banish, proscribe, exile, excommunicate, discharge, void, eject, evacuate, exclude, remove, dismiss

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. consume

   force out something

   she was expelled from school.

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

How to use expel in a sentence?

1. Derek Muller:

   Expel him, but not others accused of wrongdoing over the course of their lives? Why him? What makes it different?

2. Yasser Abdul Rahim:

   There is a decisive final blow coming that will expel the regime from Aleppo and to liberate the city completely.

3. Nour Odeh:

   They can tell this government that this modus operandi doesn’t work. You can’t keep pushing Palestinians like that. You can’t have more than 30 Palestinians killed in less than a month [as has happened in January]. You can’t demolish homes – that will expel families – and [impose] collective punishment measures, it won’t be long before Palestinians say, ‘You know what, we have to also organize and defend ourselves … nobody’s there to help us. So we’re going to do it ourselves.’ When you get there, nobody can put a lid on that.

4. Justin Jones:

   I think that we need an emergency response because we’re facing a crisis situation … we need the help from our national leaders because we’re in a state where the only action that our colleagues took in response to the mass shooting in Nashville was to expel the two youngest Black lawmakers and then to pass a law to protect gun manufacturers.

5. Rory Southworth:

   For a lot of us in the outdoor community and who do a lot of outdoor sports, our mental health is intrinsically linked to our sport, we're not really used to dealing with stresses without having that ability to expel it through physical activity in nature and wild places.

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