Repel Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-pĕl
To cause aversion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disgust
  2. nauseate
  3. revolt
  4. offend
  5. repulse
  6. sicken
  7. gross-out
Antonyms:
  1. attract
  2. draw
To reject
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dismiss
  2. cast-aside
  3. rebuff
  4. spurn
  5. snub
Antonyms:
  1. attract
  2. draw
  3. welcome
To cause aversion or distaste in:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disgust

Words Related to Repel

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Repel Sentence Examples

  • Objects attract if their charges are different or repel if they are the same.

  • He advocated the admission of Jews to parliament; he opposed Lord John Russell's measure to repel the so-called papal aggression; he opposed the admission of Dissenters into the university of Oxford; and he was hostile to the action of the government in the Crimean War.

  • But, unfortunately, there were many things both in the teaching and the practice of the ecclesiastics of that day which were calculated to repel men of sober judgment and high principle.

  • Atoms attract each other and atoms repel one another.

  • To favor revolutions, overthrow everything, repel force by force?...

More Sentences

Related Articles