BANISH
Dictionary entry overview: What does banish mean?
• BANISH (verb)
The verb BANISH has 4 senses:
1. expel from a community or group
2. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
3. expel, as if by official decree
4. drive away
Familiarity information: BANISH used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BANISH (verb)
Meaning:
Expel from a community or group
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
ostracize; ostracise; cast out; blackball; banish; shun; ban
Hypernyms (to "banish" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
banish; ban
Hypernyms (to "banish" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "banish"):
rusticate (send to the country)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Expel, as if by official decree
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
banish; bar; relegate
Context example:
he was banished from his own country
Hypernyms (to "banish" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "banish"):
spike (stand in the way of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Drive away
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context examples:
banish bad thoughts / banish gloom
Hypernyms (to "banish" is one way to...):
chase away; dispel; drive away; drive off; drive out; run off; turn back (force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
