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Repel

🔄 Synonyms of "Repel"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

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drivenounTo operate a vehicle:
revoltnoun(intransitive) To rebel, particularly against authority.
snubnounConspicuously short.
rebuffnoun(transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
brush offverb(idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
repulsenoun(transitive) To repel or drive back.
disgustnounAn intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
drive offverb(idiomatic) To force to leave or go away.
push backnounTo refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
turn offverb(transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
fight offverbTo succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.
beat backverb(transitive) To fight against and cause to recede.
force backverbcause to move back by force or influence
drive backverb(transitive, idiomatic) To force someone or something to retreat or move away; repel.

↔️ Antonyms of "Repel"

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WordDefinition
appealnounA call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
pullverb(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
draw inverb(idiomatic, transitive) To attract.
pull inverb(idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle or driver) To approach or drive up to a place and come to a stop; to park by driving frontways into a parking spot.
attractverb(transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Repel"

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WordDefinition
repulseverb(transitive) To repel or drive back.
rebuffverb(transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
beat backverb(transitive) To fight against and cause to recede.
turn offverb(transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
revoltverb(intransitive) To rebel, particularly against authority.
drive offverb(idiomatic) To force to leave or go away.
fight offverbTo succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.
disgustverbTo cause an intense dislike for something.
brush offverb(idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
driveverbTo operate a vehicle:
push backverbTo refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
snubverb(transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
drive backverb(transitive, idiomatic) To force someone or something to retreat or move away; repel.
force backverbcause to move back by force or influence
rebutverbTo deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
refuseverb(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
rejectverb(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
resistverb(intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
repressverb(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
displaceverbTo move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.

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