EXPATRIATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does expatriate mean?
• EXPATRIATE (noun)
The noun EXPATRIATE has 1 sense:
1. voluntarily absent from home or country
Familiarity information: EXPATRIATE used as a noun is very rare.
• EXPATRIATE (verb)
The verb EXPATRIATE has 2 senses:
1. expel from a country
2. move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
Familiarity information: EXPATRIATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXPATRIATE (noun)
Meaning:
Voluntarily absent from home or country
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
exile; expatriate
Hypernyms ("expatriate" is a kind of...):
absentee (one that is absent or not in residence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expatriate"):
refugee (an exile who flees for safety)
remittance man (an exile living on money sent from home)
• EXPATRIATE (verb)
Meaning:
Expel from a country
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
exile; expatriate; deport
Context example:
The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
Hypernyms (to "expatriate" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
repatriate (admit back into the country)
Meaning:
Move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "expatriate" is one way to...):
emigrate (leave one's country of residence for a new one)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
