English noun: ouster | |||
1. | ouster (person) a person who ousts or supplants someone else | ||
Synonyms | ejector | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
2. | ouster (act) a wrongful dispossession | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dispossession, eviction, legal ouster | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
3. | ouster (act) the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | ||
Synonyms | ousting | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deposition, dethronement | ||