Synonyms for banish
ˈbæn ɪʃban·ish

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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.

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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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Chase Away
   • Expel

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1. banishverb

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

2. banishverb

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

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1. banishverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "banish":

   ban

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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. Demetri Kolokotronis:

   I banish fear with two words: you lead.

3. 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.

4. David Sarnoff:

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

5. 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.