OUSTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does ouster mean?
• OUSTER (noun)
The noun OUSTER has 3 senses:
1. a person who ousts or supplants someone else
2. a wrongful dispossession
3. the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
Familiarity information: OUSTER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OUSTER (noun)
Meaning:
A person who ousts or supplants someone else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ejector; ouster
Hypernyms ("ouster" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meaning:
A wrongful dispossession
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ouster" is a kind of...):
dispossession; eviction; legal ouster (the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Meaning:
The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ousting; ouster
Hypernyms ("ouster" is a kind of...):
ejection; exclusion; expulsion; riddance (the act of forcing out someone or something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ouster"):
deposition; dethronement (the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office)
