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departing - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | departing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | parting |
| Synonyms: | farewell, final, goodbye, last |
| Main Entry: | desertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, avoidance, betrayal, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, divorce, escape, evasion, flight, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retreat, secession, treachery, withdrawal, absconding, apostasy, backsliding, castoff, defecting, departing, disavowal, disavowing, elusion, falling away, falseness, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, relinquishment, retirement, running out on, tergiversation, truancy |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help, staying |
| Main Entry: | parting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | farewell |
| Synonyms: | final, goodbye, last, valedictory, departing |
| Antonyms: | greeting, introductory |
| Main Entry: | valedictory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | farewell |
| Synonyms: | final, goodbye, last, parting, terminal, departing |
| Notes: | a closing address is valedictory and valedictorian means 'farewell'; a welcoming address is salutatory |
| Antonyms: | welcoming |
| Main Entry: | outgoing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | former, last, migratory, past, retiring, departing, ex-, outbound, outward-bound, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | incoming, arriving, entering |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bolt, depart, flee, leave, break loose, burst out, bust out, get free |
| Main Entry: | clear out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, often quickly |
| Synonyms: | beat it*, begone, decamp, depart, go, retire, scram, skedaddle*, split*, take off, vamoose*, withdraw, hightail, kite*, make oneself scarce, remove oneself, take a hike |
| Antonyms: | arrive, rush in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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: | die |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass away; stop living |
| Synonyms: | be no more, be taken, breathe one's last, cease to exist, conk*, croak*, decease, demise, depart, drop, drop off, drown, expire, finish, give up the ghost, go way of all flesh, kick the bucket*, perish, relinquish life, rest in peace, succumb, suffocate |
| Antonyms: | be born, begin, live |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | disagree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be different |
| Synonyms: | clash, conflict, contradict, counter, depart, deviate, differ, discord, dissent, diverge, vary, war, be discordant, be dissimilar, disharmonize, run counter to |
| Antonyms: | agree, coincide, harmonize |
| 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
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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