English dictionary

banish

/'b/&/n/I//S/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

expel from a community or group

verb.social

Synonyms ban blackball cast out ostracise ostracize shun

Source: WordNet 3.0
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

verb.social

Synonyms ban

Source: WordNet 3.0
expel, as if by official decree

verb.social

Examples
He was banished from his own country.

Synonyms bar relegate

Source: WordNet 3.0
drive away

verb.motion

Examples
Banish bad thoughts.

Banish gloom.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.

verb

Source: webster1913