Thesaurus:kick out

Thesaurus

kick out

English

Verb

Sense: to compel someone or something to leave

Synonyms

• boot out
• chase off
• discharge
• dismiss
• drive out (idiomatic)
• eject
• evict
• exclude
• expel
• force out
• hand someone his hat (US, idiomatic)
• kick out
• oust
• put out
• send about one's business (idiomatic)
• send someone packing (idiomatic)
• shoo
• throw out
• toss
• turf out

Antonyms

• leave    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• accept
• harbor
• invite
• shelter
• welcome

Hyponyms

• banish
• lay off    [⇒ thesaurus]
• send someone to the showers (idiomatic)

Hypernyms

• remove    [⇒ thesaurus]
• take away

Various

• send away

See also

• Thesaurus:shut out

Further reading

• “297. ejection” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “kick out” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.