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| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, retreat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it*, blast off*, cut out*, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, go, hit the road*, migrate, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth*, scram*, secede, shove off*, split*, start, tergiversate, troop*, vacate, vanish, withdraw, cut and run, get away, git, go away, go forth, hit the bricks, hit the trail, make a break, march out, move on, move out, say goodbye, set forth, slip away*, start out, take leave |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come, enter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diverge from normal, expected |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cast, desert, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, discard, dissent, forsake, ramble, reject, repudiate, stray, swerve, vary, veer, wander, excurse, turn aside |
| Antonyms: | continue, linger, stay, wait, keep to |
| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare, differ |
| Synonyms: | balance, bracket, collate, conflict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, mismatch, oppose, separate, stand out, vary, weigh, be a foil to, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, hold a candle to, match up, set in opposition, set off, stack up against |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Antonyms: | accord, agree, coincide, concur, conform, be alike, be equal, be similar |
| Main Entry: | decamp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart suddenly |
| Synonyms: | beat it, bolt, break camp, clear out, depart, disappear, escape, evacuate, flee, hit the road*, scram, skedaddle*, vamoose, head for the hills, hightail, make a break for it, make oneself scarce, make tracks, run away, slip away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; expire |
| Synonyms: | cease, check out*, croak*, deep six, depart, die, drop, go, pass, pass away, pass over, perish, succumb, buy a one-way ticket, call off all bets, cool off, pass on |
| Antonyms: | bear, be born |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, back out, break faith*, depart, desert, forsake, go, go over, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat*, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, turn, walk out on, withdraw, apostatize, change sides, fall away from, go back on, go over the fence, take a walk, tergiverse, turn coat |
| Antonyms: | come in, join |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, defect |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bail out*, beach, betray, bolt, check out*, chuck, cop out*, decamp, depart, duck*, escape, flee, fly, forsake, go, jilt, leave, leave in the lurch, light, maroon, opt out, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, split*, strand, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, walk, apostatize, crawl out, give up, go AWOL, go back on, go over the hill, go west, leave high and dry, leave stranded, play truant, run out on, sneak off, take a hike, violate oath |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray from normal path |
| Synonyms: | avert, bend, contrast, deflect, depart, differ, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, err, part, shy, swerve, turn, vary, veer, wander, aberrate, angle off, bear off, bend the rules, break pattern, circumlocate, depart from, edge off, get around, go amiss, go haywire, go off on tangent, go out of control, go out of way, leave beaten path, not conform, swim against stream, take a turn, turn aside |
| Antonyms: | go straight, keep, stay |
| Main Entry: | digress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray, deviate |
| Synonyms: | depart, divagate, drift, meander, ramble, roam, swerve, veer, wander, aberrate, be diffuse, beat about the bush, circumlocute, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of, go off on a tangent, long way, turn aside, wander away |
| Antonyms: | stay, be direct |
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, clear, decamp, depart, die, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, escape, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, flee, fly, go, leave, melt, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, come to naught, dematerialize, die out, drop out of sight, end gradually, evanish, fade away, go south, leave no trace, melt away, take flight |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emigrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move to new country |
| Synonyms: | depart, migrate, quit, remove, move abroad, transmigrate |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | escape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break away from |
| Synonyms: | abscond, avoid, bail out*, bolt, circumvent, cut loose*, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, dodge, double, duck, elope, elude, emerge, evade, flee, fly, get off*, leave, make off*, pass, run, shun, skip, slip, vanish, burst out, cut and run, duck out, fly the coop, get away with, go scot-free, make getaway, make oneself scarce, play hooky, run away, run off, run out on, slip away, steal away, take a powder, take flight, take on the lam, work out of, wriggle out |
| Antonyms: | capture, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evacuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clear an area; empty |
| Synonyms: | abandon, bail out*, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, discharge, displace, eject, expel, forsake, leave, pull out, quit, relinquish, remove, vacate, withdraw, hightail, move out, pack up, run for the hills, skidaddle |
| Antonyms: | come in, enter, fill, load, occupy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place |
| Synonyms: | bid farewell, blow*, depart, do vanishing act, flake off, get away, get off, get*, git, go, go away, go out, issue, move, move out, quit, retire, retreat, say goodbye, split*, take a hike, take one's leave, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come in, enter, go in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away to escape |
| Synonyms: | abscond, avoid, beat a hasty retreat, blow*, bolt*, break, cut and run, cut out*, decamp, depart, desert, elude, evade, fly, fly the coop, get away, get the hell out, get*, hotfoot*, jump, leave, make a getaway, make off*, make one's escape, make oneself scarce, make quick exit, make tracks, retreat, scamper, scoot, scram*, skedaddle*, skip*, split*, step on it, step on the gas, take a hike, take flight, take off, vamoose*, vanish |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, stand, stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | alight, avoid, beat it*, begone, break out, bug off*, clear out, decamp, depart, dodge, duck, egress, evacuate, evade, exit, flee, fly, go, leave, scram*, shirk, shun, skedaddle*, split, take off, vacate, vamoose*, withdraw, be off, buzz off, extricate oneself, free oneself, hightail, kite*, make tracks, run away, take a hike |
| Antonyms: | capture, grab, seize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | light out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away |
| Synonyms: | abscond, depart, escape, head, leave, make, make off, quit, strike out, take off, set out, take a hike |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | make off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flee, run away |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bolt*, clear, decamp, depart, escape, fly*, go, leave, quit, retire, run, scamper, scoot, skedaddle*, skip*, withdraw, cut and run, make away, run for it, run off |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pass away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, cease living, croak, decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, kick the bucket, meet one's maker, pass on, perish, succumb |
| Antonyms: | be born, live |
| Main Entry: | perish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, decline, decay |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust*, buy the farm*, cease, check out*, collapse, corrupt, croak, crumble, decease, decompose, demise, depart, disappear, disintegrate, end, expire, fall, go, go under, kick the bucket*, pass, pass away, rot, succumb, vanish, waste*, wither, OD, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, break down, give up the ghost, lose life, pass on |
| Antonyms: | revive, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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