banished
Sent away permanently
Banished is the past tense of banish, meaning to expel someone from a place or group, typically as punishment: The king banished the traitor from the realm.
It extends to driving away unwanted things: She banished all doubt from her mind.
The word carries a formal, sometimes literary tone suggesting permanent or official removal.
Removed from position
- purgedRemoved thoroughly, often forcibly
- ejectedForcibly removed
- removedTaken from position
- evictedRemoved from property legally
expelled · booted · discharged · dismissed · defenestrated · cast aside · thrown out · shown the door
Forced from one's country
- deportedOfficially expelled abroad
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- expatriatedLeft one's native country
- outcastShunned, rejected person
refugee · fugitive · displaced · uprooted · stateless · dispossessed · deportee · emigrant
Persistently avoided socially
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- blackballedRejected by anonymous vote
- blacklistedFormally excluded or barred
boycotted · rejected · excluded · pariah · persona non grata · proscribed · isolated · snubbed
Officially not permitted
- barredBlocked from entry
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- outlawedForbidden by law
- proscribedFormally forbidden by authority
taboo · off-limits · disallowed · interdicted · censored · suppressed · blacklisted · verboten
ousted
Removed from position
evicted · expelled · booted · discharged · dismissed · defenestrated · cast aside · thrown out · shown the door · given the boot
exiled
Forced from one's country
- deportedOfficially expelled abroad
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- expatriatedLeft one's native country
outcast · refugee · fugitive · displaced · uprooted · stateless · dispossessed · deportee · emigrant · evacuee
shunned
Persistently avoided socially
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- blackballedRejected by anonymous vote
blacklisted · boycotted · rejected · excluded · pariah · persona non grata · proscribed · isolated · snubbed · cold-shouldered
prohibited
Officially not permitted
proscribed · taboo · off-limits · disallowed · interdicted · censored · suppressed · blacklisted · verboten · contraband
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, not allowed, off-limits
- outout, outside, outdoor, outdoors, outsider
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- Social rejectionrejection, exclusion, ostracism, snubbed, shunned
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
- social outcastsoutcast, pariah, loner, hermit, recluse