repel

repel is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
2. transitive verb. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.
3. intransitive verb. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
4. verb. reject outright and bluntly

   "She snubbed his proposal"

   Synonyms: rebuff, snub

5. verb. force or drive back

   "repel the attacker"

   "fight off the onslaught"

   Synonyms: rebuff, repulse

6. verb. cause to move back by force or influence

   "repel the enemy"

   "push back the urge to smoke"

   Synonyms: drive, repulse

7. verb. be repellent to; cause aversion in

   Synonyms: repulse

8. verb. fill with distaste

   "This spoilt food disgusts me"

   Synonyms: disgust, revolt

Synonyms

rebuff, snub, repulse, drive, disgust, revolt

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in repel:

leper, lepre, perle

Common word forms

repels, repelled, repeller, repelling

Words from these letters

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