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exodus - 10 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | exodus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | departure, egress, emigration, evacuation, exit, flight, journey, migration, retreat, withdrawal, egression, exiting, going out, offgoing, retirement |
| Antonyms: | arrival, entrance |
| Main Entry: | diaspora |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the spreading out of a group of people |
| Synonyms: | dispersion, dissolution, escape, exodus, disbandment, dispersal, mass exodus, refugee flow |
| Main Entry: | disappearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vanishing |
| Synonyms: | departure, desertion, disintegration, dissipation, dissolution, eclipse, escape, evanescence, evaporation, exit, exodus, fading, flight, loss, melting, passing, recession, removal, wane, withdrawal, ceasing to exist, decline and fall, dematerialization, disappearing act, dispersal, ebbing, going, receding, retirement, wearing away |
| Antonyms: | appearance, arrival, coming, entrance |
| Main Entry: | egress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage out |
| Synonyms: | departure, emanation, emergence, escape, exit, exodus, issue, opening, outlet, vent, way out, withdrawal, doorway, exiting, setting-out |
| Antonyms: | entrance |
| Main Entry: | withdrawal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal; retraction |
| Synonyms: | alienation, departure, disclaimer, egress, exit, exodus, extraction, recall, repudiation, resignation, retreat, revocation, revulsion, secession, abandonment, abdication, abjuration, disavowal, disengagement, egression, exiting, marooning, palinode, recantation, relinquishment, rescission, retirement |
| Antonyms: | remainder, stay |
| Main Entry: | emigration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | migration |
| Synonyms: | colonization, crossing, defection, departure, exile, exodus, journey, march, movement, moving, peregrination, removal, shift, travel, trek, voyage, wandering, displacement, expatriation, homesteading, leaving, reestablishment, relocation, resettlement, settling, transplanting, uprooting |
| Antonyms: | remaining, arriving, immigration |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | adieu, bow out*, desertion, egress, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, farewell, flight, getaway*, goodbye*, migration, parting, passage, powder*, recession, removal, retreat, separation, stampede, start, takeoff, vacation, withdrawal, abandonment, congé, decampment, egression, embarkation, expatriation, going, going away, hegira, quitting, retirement, sailing, setting forth, setting out, taking leave, taking off, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | arrival, coming, entrance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | adieu, death, demise, departure, egress, evacuation, exodus, expiration, farewell, goodbye, retreat, stampede, withdrawal, egression, expiry, going, leave-taking, offgoing, retirement |
| Antonyms: | arrival, coming, entrance, arriving, entering |
| Main Entry: | flight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fleeing; departure |
| Synonyms: | beat*, break*, escape, exit, exodus, getaway, out*, powder*, retreat, slip*, spring*, breakout, escapement, escaping, exfiltration, fugue, getaway car, lam, retreating, running away |
| Antonyms: | standing, staying, waiting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evacuation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | withdrawal |
| Synonyms: | departure, exodus, removal, retreat, abandonment |
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