| Main Entry: | outing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short trip |
Synonyms: |
airing, drive, excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, long weekend, picnic, pleasure trip, roundabout, spin*, vacation, weekend |
| Main Entry: | outing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | politically motivated exposure of another's secrets |
Synonyms: |
announcement, declaration, demystification, disclosure, proclamation, revealing, tossing, uncloseting, unmasking |
| Main Entry: | come out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make public |
Synonyms: |
appear, be announced, be brought out, be disclosed, be divulged, be exposed, be issued, be made known, be promulgated, be published, be released, be reported, be revealed, break*, debut, get out, leak*, out, transpire |
Antonyms: |
hide |
| Main Entry: | diminish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or cause to be less |
Synonyms: |
abate, abbreviate, attenuate, become smaller, close, contract, curtail, cut, decline, decrease, depreciate, die out, drain, dwindle, ebb, extenuate, fade away, lessen, lower, minify, moderate, peter out, recede, reduce, retrench, shrink, shrivel, slacken, subside, taper, temper, wane, weaken |
Antonyms: |
develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abscond, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, clear, come to naught, decamp, dematerialize, depart, die, die out, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, drop out of sight, ebb, end, end gradually, escape, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, flee, fly, go, go south, leave, leave no trace, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, take flight, vacate, vamoose, wane, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
appear, arrive, come in |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey by vehicle |
Synonyms: |
Sunday drive, airing, commute, excursion, expedition, hitch, jaunt, joyride, lift, outing, pickup, ramble, ride, run, spin, tour, trip, turn, whirl |
| Main Entry: | dwindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste away; taper off |
Synonyms: |
abate, bate, become smaller, close, contract, decay, decline, decrease, die away, die down, die out, diminish, drain, drop, ebb, fade, fall, grow less, lessen, peter out, pine, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, subside, taper, wane, weaken, wither |
Antonyms: |
develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, save, swell |
| Main Entry: | ebb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subside; decline |
Synonyms: |
abate, decay, decrease, degenerate, deteriorate, die down, die out, diminish, drop, dwindle, ease off, fade away, fall, fall away, fall back, flag, flow back, go out, languish, lessen, let up, melt, moderate, peter out, recede, relent, retire, retreat, retrocede, shrink, sink, slacken, wane, weaken, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
flow, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | evict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw out from residence |
Synonyms: |
boot out, bounce*, chase, dislodge, dismiss, dispossess, eject, expel, extrude, force out, heave-ho, kick out, oust, out, put out, remove, send packing, show out, show the door, shut out, toss out on ear, turn out |
Antonyms: |
admit, board, include, lease, receive, rent, take in, welcome |
| Main Entry: | excursion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey |
Synonyms: |
circuit, cruise, day trip, digression, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, picnic, pleasure trip, ramble, round trip, safari, tour, trek, trip, walk, wandering |