| 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: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diverge from normal, expected |
Synonyms: |
abandon, cast, desert, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, discard, dissent, excurse, forsake, ramble, reject, repudiate, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, veer, wander |
Antonyms: |
continue, keep to, linger, stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave suddenly |
Synonyms: |
depart, go, hit the road, split*, take a hike, take a powder |
Antonyms: |
arrive, come, come in |
| Main Entry: | break out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape |
Synonyms: |
abscond, bolt, break loose, burst out, bust out, depart, flee, get free, leave |
| Main Entry: | clear out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, often quickly |
Synonyms: |
beat it, begone, decamp, depart, go, hightail, kite, make oneself scarce, remove oneself, retire, scram, skedaddle, split*, take a hike, take off, vamoose, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
arrive, rush in |
| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare, differ |
Synonyms: |
balance, be a foil to, be contrary to, be dissimilar, be diverse, be unlike, be variable, bracket, collate, conflict, contradict, depart, deviate, differentiate, disagree, distinguish, diverge, hang, hold a candle to, match up, mismatch, oppose, separate, set in opposition, set off, stack up against, stand out, vary, weigh |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
Antonyms: |
accord, agree, be alike, be equal, be similar, coincide, concur, conform |
| Main Entry: | decamp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart suddenly |
Synonyms: |
beat it, bolt, break camp, clear out, depart, disappear, escape, evacuate, flee, head for the hills, hightail, hit the road, make a break for it, make oneself scarce, make tracks, run away, scram, skedaddle, slip away, vamoose |
| Main Entry: | decease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; expire |
Synonyms: |
buy a one-way ticket, call off all bets, cease, check out*, cool off, croak, deep six, depart, die, drop, go, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, succumb |
Antonyms: |
be born, bear |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abscond, apostatize, back out, break faith, change sides, depart, desert, fall away from, forsake, go, go back on, go over, go over the fence, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out, spurn, take a walk, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn coat, walk out on, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
come in, join |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, defect |
Synonyms: |
abscond, apostatize, bail out, beach, betray, bolt, check out*, chuck, cop out, crawl out, decamp, depart, duck*, escape, flee, fly, forsake, give up, go, go AWOL, go back on, go over the hill, go west, jilt, leave, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave stranded, light, maroon, opt out, play truant, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, run out on, sneak off, split*, strand, take a hike, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, violate oath, walk |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support |