Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun exile

3 senses of exile

Sense 1
exile, expatriate, expat -- (a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates")
       => absentee -- (one that is absent or not in residence)

Sense 2
exile, deportee -- (a person who is expelled from home or country by authority)
       => foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander -- (a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country)

Sense 3
exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation -- (the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life")
       => banishment, proscription -- (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb exile

1 sense of exile

Sense 1
expatriate, deport, exile -- (expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions")
       => expel, throw out, kick out -- (force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country")

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