oust

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UK/aʊst/Canada/ʌʊst/

verb

To expel; to remove.

“The CEO was ousted by the board of directors.”

Similar
banishdismissejectexcludethrow outdrum outboot outkick out
Opposite
acceptharborshelter
OriginAnglo-Norman ouster ← Old French oster ← Latin obstare →
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Meanings

verboust (third-person singular simple present ousts, present participle ousting, simple past and past participle ousted)

present singular third person ousts · participle present ousting · participle past ousted · past ousted

  1. transitiveTo expel; to remove.

    The CEO was ousted by the board of directors.

    1 more example

    The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.

    Synonyms: banish, dismiss, eject, exclude

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo expel; to remove.

Similar
banishdismissejectexclude
Opposite
acceptharborshelter

More synonyms by meaning

verbremove from a position or office

Similar
throw outdrum outboot outkick outexpel
Broader
remove
Also see
boot outdrum outejectexpelforce outkick outknock out of the boxoverthrowship outsupplantthrow outunseat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinobstare“to remove”
  2. Old Frenchoster
  3. Anglo-Normanouster
  4. Englishoust

From Anglo-Norman ouster, oustier, from Old French oster (modern French ôter), from post-classical Latin obstare (“to remove”), classical obstāre (“to obstruct, stand in the way of”). Not related to out.

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Translations

Arabic طَرَدَ
  • طَرَدَ (ṭarada)to expel; to remove
Bulgarian изгонвам
  • изгонвам (izgonvam)to expel; to remove
Chinese Mandarin 逐出, 罷免 /罢免
  • 逐出 (zhúchū)to expel; to remove
  • 罷免 /罢免 (bàmiǎn)to expel; to remove
  • 罷黜 /罢黜 (bàchù)to expel; to remove
Czech vypudit, vyhnat
  • vypuditto expel; to remove
  • vyhnatto expel; to remove
  • vytlačitto expel; to remove
Dutch verwijderen, verdrijven
  • verwijderento expel; to remove
  • verdrijvento expel; to remove
  • verbannento expel; to remove
Finnish poistaa, heittää ulos
  • poistaato expel; to remove
  • heittää ulosto expel; to remove
French expulser
  • expulserto expel; to remove
German verdrängen, vertreiben
  • verdrängento expel; to remove
  • vertreibento expel; to remove
  • schassento expel; to remove
Hebrew גֵּרֵשׁ
  • גֵּרֵשׁ (gerésh)to expel; to remove
Hungarian kiszorít, elűz
  • kiszorítto expel; to remove
  • elűzto expel; to remove
  • elkergetto expel; to remove
  • kiűzto expel; to remove
Italian espellere, cacciare
  • espellereto expel; to remove
  • cacciareto expel; to remove
  • estromettereto expel; to remove
  • rimuovereto expel; to remove
Japanese 追い払う, 取り除く
  • 追い払う (oiharau)to expel; to remove
  • 取り除く (torinozoku)to expel; to remove
  • 取り上げる (toriageru)to expel; to remove
Korean 몰아내다
  • 몰아내다 (moranaeda)to expel; to remove
Māori pana, pei
  • panato expel; to remove
  • peito expel; to remove
  • whakapakoto expel; to remove
Polish wyganiać, wygonić
  • wyganiaćto expel; to remove
  • wygonićto expel; to remove
  • wygnaćto expel; to remove
  • wypieraćto expel; to remove
  • wyprzećto expel; to remove
  • usuwaćto expel; to remove
  • usunąćto expel; to remove
  • odsuwaćto expel; to remove
  • odsunąćto expel; to remove
Portuguese retirar, expulsar
  • retirarto expel; to remove
  • expulsarto expel; to remove
Romanian da afară
  • da afarăto expel; to remove
Russian выгоня́ть, вы́гнать
  • выгоня́ть (vygonjátʹ)to expel; to remove
  • вы́гнать (výgnatʹ)to expel; to remove
  • изгоня́ть (izgonjátʹ)to expel; to remove
  • изгна́ть (izgnátʹ)to expel; to remove
  • сверга́ть (svergátʹ)to expel; to remove
Slovak vylúčiť, vyhnať
  • vylúčiťto expel; to remove
  • vyhnaťto expel; to remove
Spanish desbancar, destituir
  • desbancarto expel; to remove
  • destituirto expel; to remove
Turkish zorla çıkarmak
  • zorla çıkarmakto expel; to remove

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with oust

joustbrowstfrowstroust
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Anagrams

SOTUSutootsuTsou
Cite this entry
APA

oust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oust

MLA

“oust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oust. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oust,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oust.

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