What is another word for purge?

Synonyms for purge
pɜrdʒpurge

This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word purge.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. purge

    Synonyms:
    cleanse, clear, clarify, purify

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. purge, purging, purgationnoun

    the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

    Synonyms:
    catharsis, purification, katharsis, purging, purgation

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

  2. purge, purgingnoun

    an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements

    Synonyms:
    purging, purgation

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

  3. purgeverb

    an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place

    "he died in a purge by Stalin"

    Synonyms:
    purging, purgation

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

  4. purgeverb

    oust politically

    "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"

    Synonyms:
    cat, puke, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, scour, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, honk, flush, regorge

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

  5. purgeverb

    clear of a charge

    Synonyms:
    cat, puke, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, scour, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, honk, flush, regorge

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

  6. purify, purge, sanctifyverb

    make pure or free from sin or guilt

    "he left the monastery purified"

    Synonyms:
    cat, puke, make pure, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, hallow, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, distill, scour, consecrate, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, sublimate, bless, honk, flush, regorge

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

  7. purgeverb

    rid of impurities

    "purge the water"; "purge your mind"

    Synonyms:
    cat, puke, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, scour, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, honk, flush, regorge

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

  8. flush, scour, purgeverb

    rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

    "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"

    Synonyms:
    redden, sluice, puke, regorge, honk, sanctify, crimson, vomit up, scour, even out, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, blush, spue, upchuck, abrade, sick, barf, throw up, spew, scrub, be sick, chuck, retch, cat, even, level, flush, purify

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

  9. vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw upverb

    eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

    "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

    Synonyms:
    vomit, eruct, vagabond, gag, throw off, scour, range, frame, ramble, ptyalise, put, cat, claxon, ditch, honk, spill, barf, wander, hurtle, sick, stray, rove, swan, roll, cronk, spew out, chuck, toot, puke, throw, cast, ptyalize, redact, spue, beep, be sick, spit, regorge, blare, purify, vomit up, mould, mold, cast off, shake off, upchuck, disgorge, toss, throw away, heave, tramp, sanctify, contrive, drop, draw, flush, spew, hurl, regurgitate, throw up, drift, reproduce, couch, project, retch, pat, roam, shed

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

  10. purgeverb

    excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body)

    "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"

    Synonyms:
    cat, puke, purify, sanctify, chuck, sick, spue, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, scour, upchuck, spew, barf, throw up, be sick, retch, honk, flush, regorge

    Antonyms:
    rehabilitate

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. purgeverb

    Synonyms:
    cleanse, clear, purify, clarify, free from impurity

  2. purgenoun

    Synonyms:
    PURGATIVE

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. purgenoun

    Synonyms:
    physic, purgative, cathartic

How to pronounce purge?

How to say purge in sign language?

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#270even
#288project
#364level
#605range
#679put
#907clear
#1760cat
#1784frame
#2158drop
#2394cast
#2595roll
#3350draw
#4358sick
#4404throw
#4535pat
#6365debug
#6367chuck
#8245shed
#8988mold
#9330flush
#9474bleeding
#9495bless
#9893reproduce
#10047clarify
#10368swan
#10651couch
#11216debugging
#11777spill
#11779drift
#11996purification
#12429gag
#12536crimson
#14151cleansing
#14874toss
#15831ditch
#15888scrub
#17186spit
#17234rove
#17542wander
#17577bleed
#18651stray
#19173blush
#20940mould
#21629beep
#21908purge
#23960cleanse
#25040tramp
#25519roam
#30664vomit
#36357purify
#38443puke
#38590ramble
#39493vagabond
#42697scrubbing
#43149purged
#44163scour
#44190purging
#49599spew
#49775toot
#49901hurl
#53287honk
#53507heave
#54814barf
#68560catharsis
#70462sanctify
#71750sluice
#72424redden
#76601distill
#82104hallow
#87901bleeder
#92642consecrate
#103482contrive
#106803cronk
#116093regurgitate
#150121blare
#154506disgorge
#155372hurtle
#172282debugs
#175654retch
#189727sublimate
#207516redact
#224903abrade
#234056upchuck
#237860purgation
#256087depuration

How to use purge in a sentence?

  1. Dianne Feinstein:

    The purge of senior leadership at the Department of Homeland Security is unprecedented and a threat to our national security.

  2. Nathan Gonzales:

    Democrats took 2016 for granted and didn't believe he could be elected president, but after four years of Donald Trump in the Oval Office, Democratic donors are determined to make sure that he doesn't get a second term, and they are trying to purge Senate Republicans as possible.

  3. Proverb:

    Doctors purge the body, ministers the conscience, lawyers the purse.

  4. Proverb:

    Doctors purge the body,ministers the conscience,lawyers the purse.

  5. Omar Rivera:

    This is a step toward the restructuring and purge needed to have a clean police force, unassociated in any way with organized crime.


Translations for purge

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for purge »

Translation

Find a translation for the purge synonym in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"purge." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 30 Oct. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/purge>.

Discuss these purge synonyms with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good synonym for purge?

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant synonyms for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a human thesaurus?

    »
    An antonym for "pesky"
    A pettish
    B agreeable
    C pestilent
    D plaguey

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for purge: