deport

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DEPORT

to force to leave a country <deported them back to their country of birth>

Synonyms deport, displace, exile, expatriate, relegate, transport

Near Antonyms naturalize, repatriate; accept, admit, receive, take in; entertain, harbor, house, shelter

to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way <deported herself with grace and propriety at the country club cotillion>

Synonyms acquit, bear, carry, comport, conduct, demean, deport, quit

Related Words check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, control, curb, handle, inhibit, quiet, repress, restrain; moderate, modulate, temper; act, impersonate, play

Near Antonyms act up, carry on, cut up, misbehave, misconduct

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