| Main Entry: | exodus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
Synonyms: |
departure, egress, egression, emigration, evacuation, exit, exiting, flight, going out, journey, migration, offgoing, retirement, retreat, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
arrival, entrance |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, adieu, bow out, congé, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, flight, getaway, going, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder, quitting, recession, removal, retirement, retreat, sailing, separation, setting forth, setting out, stampede, start, takeoff, taking leave, taking off, vacation, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
arrival, coming, entrance |
| Main Entry: | diaspora |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the spreading out of a group of people |
Synonyms: |
disbandment, dispersal, dispersion, dissolution, escape, exodus, mass exodus, refugee flow |
| Main Entry: | disappearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vanishing |
Synonyms: |
ceasing to exist, decline and fall, dematerialization, departure, desertion, disappearing act, disintegration, dispersal, dissipation, dissolution, ebbing, eclipse, escape, evanescence, evaporation, exit, exodus, fading, flight, going, loss, melting, passing, receding, recession, removal, retirement, wane, wearing away, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
appearance, arrival, coming, entrance |
| Main Entry: | egress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage out |
Synonyms: |
departure, doorway, emanation, emergence, escape, exit, exiting, exodus, issue, opening, outlet, setting-out, vent, way out, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
entrance |
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
Synonyms: |
adieu, death, demise, departure, egress, egression, evacuation, exodus, expiration, expiry, farewell, going, goodbye, leave-taking, offgoing, retirement, retreat, stampede, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
arrival, arriving, coming, entering, entrance |
| Main Entry: | flight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fleeing; departure |
Synonyms: |
beat*, break*, breakout, escape, escapement, escaping, exfiltration, exit, exodus, fugue, getaway, getaway car, lam, out*, powder, retreat, retreating, running away, slip*, spring* |
Antonyms: |
standing, staying, waiting |
| Main Entry: | withdrawal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal; retraction |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, abdication, abjuration, alienation, departure, disavowal, disclaimer, disengagement, egress, egression, exit, exiting, exodus, extraction, marooning, palinode, recall, recantation, relinquishment, repudiation, rescission, resignation, retirement, retreat, revocation, revulsion, secession |
Antonyms: |
remainder, stay |
| Main Entry: | emigration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | migration |
Synonyms: |
colonization, crossing, defection, departure, displacement, exile, exodus, expatriation, homesteading, journey, leaving, march, movement, moving, peregrination, reestablishment, relocation, removal, resettlement, settling, shift, transplanting, travel, trek, uprooting, voyage, wandering |
Antonyms: |
arriving, immigration, remaining |
| Main Entry: | evacuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | withdrawal |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, departure, exodus, removal, retreat |