Synonyms of ousting

ousting

verb

present participle of oust

1

as in dismissing

to drive or force out

she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissing
• ejecting
• banishing
• chasing
• expelling
• evicting
• sacking
• removing
• extruding
• firing
• routing
• kicking out
• casting out
• outing
• drumming (out)
• exiling
• booting (out)
• bouncing
• running off
• turning out
• dispossessing
• throwing out
• ostracizing
• turfing (out)
• giving one the gate
• displacing
• sending packing
• expatriating
• deporting
• retiring
• terminating
• shutting out
• axing
• reading out
• discharging
• releasing
• deforcing
• defenestrating
• cashiering
• mustering out
• canning
• pink-slipping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• taking
• accepting
• admitting
• taking in
• welcoming
• sheltering
• harboring
• entertaining
• lodging
• housing

2

as in deposing

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)

the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deposing
• sacking
• toppling
• dismissing
• dethroning
• unseating
• depriving
• displacing
• banishing
• firing
• defrocking
• removing
• uncrowning
• unmaking
• overthrowing
• usurping
• unthroning
• ejecting
• retiring
• supplanting
• expelling
• subverting
• mustering out
• canning
• discharging
• cashiering
• extruding
• chasing
• routing
• casting out
• drumming (out)
• booting (out)
• running off
• bouncing
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crowning
• installing
• initiating
• enthroning
• appointing
• electing
• investing
• inaugurating
• inducting
• baptizing
• designating
• throning
• instating

3

as in evicting

to end the occupancy or possession of

the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evicting
• depriving
• dispossessing
• stripping
• expropriating
• divesting
• usurping
• disinheriting
• annexing
• deforcing
• appropriating
• impounding
• disfurnishing
• commandeering
• seizing
• bereaving
• taking over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ousting

After ousting the incumbent in a historic primary upset this spring, John McKinney and Marissa Roy will face off for the role of city attorney, an extremely powerful but often overlooked position as Los Angeles’ top litigator. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

The map split Kansas City voters into three GOP-friendly districts in the hopes of ousting Cleaver, the city’s longtime Democratic congressman. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

In another clip posted by TMZ, the congresswoman was asked about Sheeran’s responsibility for Macklemore’s ousting. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026

The council named Alexander interim mayor after ousting Williams, according to the city's website. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

The surge in withdrawals comes as the ICC faces hostility from Washington and a leadership crisis after ousting its own chief prosecutor. — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026

The president deemed Cornyn not close enough to his MAGA movement, backing Paxton and ousting the incumbent. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

The other option for the United States is a land invasion aimed at forcibly ousting the Iranian regime. — James F. Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

Seeking new global allies, Cuba joined the Afro-Asian bloc after Havana’s 1962 ousting from the Organization of American States. — Anne Garland Mahler, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026