Antonyms for ousting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oust |
| Phonetic Transcription : aÊŠst |
Definition of ousting
Origin :- early 15c., from Anglo-French oster (late 13c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ôter), from Latin obstare "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block," in Vulgar Latin, "hinder," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related: Ousted; ousting.
- verb expel, get rid of
- Once in, no effort of the untamed beast could succeed in ousting him from his seat.
- Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed
- In our straining to be rid of all artificiality we were ousting art and beauty too.
- Extract from : « New York Sketches » by Jesse Lynch Williams
- For a whim, for a wager, for the triumph of ousting a rival.
- Extract from : « Mohawks, Volume 1 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Do I understand that I am to press this claim with a view of ousting these parties?
- Extract from : « Gabriel Conroy » by Bert Harte
- When did he ever go down to low-water-mark, to make an ousting of tide-waiters?
- Extract from : « The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 » by Daniel Webster
- Whether in anticipation of his decease, or with the design of ousting him, is not clear.
- Extract from : « The History of Cuba, vol. 1 » by Willis Fletcher Johnson
- St. Bernard complained that the law of Justinian was ousting the law of God.
- Extract from : « A Short History of Italy » by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
- I ask you to drink the health of one of the youngsters who are ousting us.
- Extract from : « The Four Feathers » by A. E. W. Mason
- The King was greatly surprised that the Virginians had dared defy him by ousting their duly appointed Governor.
- Extract from : « Give Me Liberty » by Thomas J. Wertenbaker
- Mr. Gladstone succeeded in ousting Lord Dalkeith from the representation of Midlothian by a respectable majority.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
Synonyms for ousting
- banish
- bereave
- boot out
- bounce
- bundle off
- cast out
- chase
- depose
- deprive
- dethrone
- discharge
- disinherit
- dislodge
- displace
- dispossess
- divest
- drive out
- eject
- evict
- expulse
- fire
- force out
- give the 1-2-3
- kick out
- lay off
- let go
- lose
- ostracize
- pack off
- pink slip
- relegate
- remove
- rob
- sack
- send packing
- show the door
- throw out
- topple
- transport
- turn out
- unseat
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