| Main Entry: | blast off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off |
Synonyms: |
ascend, climb, launch, rise, rocket, soar up |
Antonyms: |
drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, retreat |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it, blast off, cut and run, cut out, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, get away, git, go, go away, go forth, hit the bricks, hit the road, hit the trail, make a break, march out, migrate, move on, move out, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth, say goodbye, scram, secede, set forth, shove off, slip away, split*, start, start out, take leave, tergiversate, troop, vacate, vanish, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
arrive, come, enter |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up; ascend |
Synonyms: |
arise, arouse, aspire, awake, be erect, be located, be situated, blast off, bob up, climb, come up, get out of bed, get steeper, get to one's feet, go uphill, grow, have foundation, levitate, lift, mount, move up, pile out, push up, reach up, rise and shine, rise up, rocket, roll out, rouse, scale, sit up, slope upwards, soar, sprout, stand up, straighten up, surface, surge, surmount, sweep upward, tower, turn out, up*, upspring |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
Antonyms: |
descend, lower |
| Main Entry: | take off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave; leave the ground |
Synonyms: |
ascend, bear, beat it, become airborne, begone, blast off, blow*, clear out, decamp, depart, disappear, exit, get off, get out, go, go away, head, hightail, hit the road, hit the trail, lift off, light out, make*, pull out, quit, scram, set out, shove off, soar, split, take to the air, vamoose, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
arrive, come, stay |