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| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take to the air, usually employing wings |
| Synonyms: | barnstorm*, buzz*, circle, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, fleet, flit, float, flutter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, rush, sail, scud*, shoot, skim, skirt, soar, speed, swoop, take off, travel, whisk*, whiz*, wing*, zip*, zoom*, aviate, bend the throttle, circumnavigate, flat-hat, jet out, jet over, remain aloft, seagull, sky out, take a hop, take flight, take wing, whoosh, wing in |
| Antonyms: | land, walk, stay on ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run or pass swiftly |
| Synonyms: | barrel, bolt, breeze, career, dart, dash, elapse, flee, flit, glide, hasten, hurry, hustle, make off*, pass, race, roll, rush, scamper, scoot, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, whiz*, zoom*, go like the wind, run its course, slip away* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape, flee |
| Synonyms: | abscond, avoid, bolt, break, clear, clear out*, decamp, disappear, hide, light out*, make off, run*, skedaddle*, skip, take off, withdraw, cut and run, get away, hasten away, hightail, make a getaway, make a quick exit, run for it, run from, steal away, take flight |
| Antonyms: | confront, face, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ascend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up |
| Synonyms: | arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, mount, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower, lift off, move up |
| Antonyms: | decline, descend, go down, lower |
| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | great |
| Synonyms: | awesome*, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-rate, fly*, top, wonderful, bang-up, whiz-bang |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | break away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart |
| Synonyms: | escape, flee, fly, leave, quit, split*, part company, run away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stylish; with panache |
| Synonyms: | chic, classy, dashing, fashionable, fine, fly*, foxy*, sharp |
| Antonyms: | plain, unstylish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dandy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, excellent |
| Synonyms: | capital, cool*, exemplary, famous, first-class, first-rate, fly*, glorious, grand, great, groovy*, keen, marvelous, model, neat, nifty, paragon, peachy*, prime, splendid, swell, terrific, five-star, hunky-dory, sup rior |
| Antonyms: | bad, inferior, second-rate, unacceptable, not good |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
| Synonyms: | bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz, move quickly |
| 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 |
| Notes: | that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | elope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away to be married |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bolt, decamp, disappear, escape, flee, fly, leave, skip*, go secretly, go to Gretna Green, run off, slip away, slip out, steal away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid; escape |
| Synonyms: | baffle, bilk, circumvent, confound, cop out*, ditch, dodge, double, duck, eschew, evade, flee, fly, foil, frustrate, hem and haw*, outrun, outwit, pass the buck*, puzzle, shirk, shuck, shun, shy, stall, stonewall*, stump, thwart, be beyond someone, beat around the bush, get around, get away from, give the runaround, give the slip, give wide berth to, not touch, pass up, run around, stay shy of, steer clear of |
| Antonyms: | attract, confront, encounter, entice, face, invite, meet, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | evade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get away from |
| Synonyms: | avoid, baffle, balk, bypass, cavil, circumvent, conceal, confuse, cop out, deceive, decline, dodge, double, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, fence, fend off*, flee, fly, fudge*, hedge, hide, lie, parry, pretend, prevaricate, pussyfoot, put off, shift, shirk, shuck, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, tergiversate, trick, waffle*, weasel*, beat around bush, beg the question, get around, give the runaround, keep distance, lay low*, lead on a merry chase, pass up, slip out, sneak away, steer clear of |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fashionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stylish, up-to-date |
| Synonyms: | chic, chichi*, contemporary, current, customary, dashing, favored, fly*, genteel, hot*, in vogue, last word*, latest, latest thing*, mod*, modern, modish*, natty*, new, newfangled, now, popular, prevailing, rakish, smart, trendy, usual, with it*, a go-go, all the rage, faddy, in style, in-thing, swank, trendsetting, up-to-the-minute, upscale, well-liked, รก la mode |
| Antonyms: | old-fashioned, out, unfashionable, unpopular |
* = 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: | flit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flutter, move rapidly |
| Synonyms: | dance, dart, flash, fleet, flicker, float, fly, hover, hurry, pass, run, rush, sail, scud*, skim, speed, sweep, whisk, whiz, wing, zip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gallop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bolt, race with slight jumping motion |
| Synonyms: | amble, canter, career, course, dart, dash, fly, hasten, hurdle, hurry, jump, leap, lope, pace, rack, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, stride, trot, zoom, tear along |
| 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
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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