| Main Entry: | flight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flying; journey |
Synonyms: |
aerial navigation, aeronautics, arrival, aviation, avigation, departure, gliding, hop, jump, mounting, navigation, shuttle, soaring, take-off, transport, trip, volitation, voyage, winging |
| 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: | army |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military force, usually for land |
Synonyms: |
armed force, artillery, battalion, battery, brigade, cavalry, column, command, company, corps, detail, division, flight, formation, infantry, legion, outfit, patrol unit, platoon, regiment, soldiers, soldiery, squad, troops, wing |
| Main Entry: | aviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flying an aircraft; study of flying aircraft |
Synonyms: |
aerodynamics, aeronautics, flight, navigation, piloting |
| Main Entry: | avoidance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eluding; preventing |
Synonyms: |
absention, circumvention, delay, departure, dodge, dodging, elusion, escape, escapism, eschewal, evasion, flight, forbearance, nonparticipation, parry, passive resistance, prevention, recession, recoil, restraint, retreat, run-around, self-restraint, shirking, shunning, steering clear of |
Antonyms: |
meeting |
| Main Entry: | bevy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swarm |
Synonyms: |
assembly, band, bunch, cluster, collection, company, covey, crew, crowd, flight, flock, gathering, group, pack, party, troupe |
Antonyms: |
individual, one |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run quickly away |
Synonyms: |
abscond, bail out, bound, cop out, cut loose, cut out, dart, dash, ditch*, drop out, dump*, escape, flee, flight, fly, hightail, hotfoot, hurtle, jump, kiss goodbye, leap, leave flat, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, leave in the lurch, make a break for it, make off, make tracks, opt out, run like scared rabbit, run out on, rush, scamper, scoot, skedaddle, skip, split*, spring, sprint, start, startle, step on it, take flight, take off, walk out on |
Antonyms: |
stay, wait |
| 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: | desertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
Synonyms: |
abrogation, absconding, apostasy, avoidance, backsliding, betrayal, castoff, defecting, departing, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, disavowal, disavowing, divorce, elusion, escape, evasion, falling away, falseness, flight, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retirement, retreat, running out on, secession, tergiversation, treachery, truancy, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
aid, assistance, help, staying |
| 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 |