cast out

Questions about cast out

What does cast out mean?

cast out means "expel from a community or group". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for cast out?

Close synonyms include banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cast out a common word?

cast out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.