Synonyms of defrocking

defrocking

verb

present participle of defrock

as in deposing

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)

the movie's director was defrocked for going way over budget

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deposing
• sacking
• dismissing
• toppling
• ousting
• dethroning
• unseating
• depriving
• firing
• banishing
• removing
• uncrowning
• displacing
• unmaking
• unthroning
• ejecting
• retiring
• usurping
• overthrowing
• expelling
• supplanting
• canning
• subverting
• mustering out
• discharging
• extruding
• cashiering
• casting out
• routing
• drumming (out)
• chasing
• booting (out)
• running off
• bouncing
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crowning
• installing
• initiating
• baptizing
• enthroning
• electing
• appointing
• investing
• inducting
• inaugurating
• throning
• designating
• baptising
• instating