Repel [verb]
Definition of Repel:
push away; repulse
Synonyms of Repel:
● Confront
● Fend off
● Resist
● Rebuff
● Decline
● Refuse
● Cut
● Traverse
● Buck
● Cool
● Dismiss
● Duel
● Parry
● Rebut
● Oppose
● Reject
● Disown
● Fight
● Check
● Kick
● Dispute
● Put down
● Ward off
● Hold off
● Beat off
● Keep off
Opposite/Antonyms of Repel:
● Draw
● Support
● Help
● Agree
● Approve
● Allow
● Accept
● Attract
● Assist
● Aid
● Sanction
● Increase
Sentence/Example of Repel:
But the shock was insufficient to repel the impetus of the charge.
Or did the horror of the men at the sight of him wound and repel him?
Energetic measures were, however, adopted to repel the attack.
We see the noble afar off and they repel us; why should we intrude?
Something that he could not repel since it had no substance he could grapple with.
Its duty there was to repel any attempt that might be made to capture the battery.
If she could repel Madame Beattie's insinuation, it must mean she had something on her side.
The fruit acid of Earth to repel these invaders—it doesn't sound possible.
The people looked to their rulers to repel the invaders; the rulers looked to the people.
I repel the imputation that our race, as a class, is lazy and slothful.