Opposite of attract

The answer

REPEL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REPEL answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for REPEL

Every other clue in this collection answered by REPEL, most used first.

• Drive back - used 82 times, most recently in 2025
• Ward off - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Drive away - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Drive off - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Fight off - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Force back - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Push away - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Fend off - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Turn away - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Turn back - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• Beat back - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
• Turn off - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Disgust - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Spurn - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
• Stave off - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Gross out - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Push back - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Chase away - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Put off - used 7 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Alpha's opposite - OMEGA, used 143 times
• Liability's opposite - ASSET, used 66 times
• Zenith's opposite - NADIR, used 51 times
• Omega's opposite - ALPHA, used 47 times
• Brat's opposite - ANGEL, used 35 times
• Ecstasy's opposite - AGONY, used 30 times

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