banish

banish is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.
2. transitive verb. To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used with from and out of.
3. transitive verb. To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel.
4. verb. drive away

   "banish bad thoughts"

   "banish gloom"

5. verb. expel, as if by official decree

   "he was banished from his own country"

   Synonyms: bar, relegate

6. verb. expel from a community or group

   Synonyms: ban, blackball, ostracise, ostracize, shun

7. verb. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

   Synonyms: ban

Synonyms

bar, relegate, ban, blackball, ostracise, ostracize, shun

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in banish:

ashbin

Common word forms

banished, banisher, banishes, banishing, banishment

Words from these letters

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