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leaving - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart, abandon physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, beat it*, break away, clear out*, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, go, issue, migrate, move, part, pull out*, push off*, quit, relinquish, retire, sally, scram, split*, start, step down, take off, vacate, vamoose*, vanish, withdraw, come away, give the slip, go away, go forth, head out, move out, remove oneself, ride off, run along*, say goodbye, set out, slip out, take a hike, take leave, walk out |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
| Antonyms: | come, go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, renounce |
| Synonyms: | back out*, cease, cede, desert, desist, drop, drop out*, evacuate, forbear, forsake, hand over, knock off, maroon, quit, refrain, relinquish, resign, stop, surrender, terminate, waive, yield, give notice, give up* |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forget, neglect |
| Synonyms: | allow, drop, have, let, mislay, omit, permit, suffer, lay down, leave behind, let be, let continue, let go, let stay |
| Antonyms: | care, maintain |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, especially after death |
| Synonyms: | allot, apportion, assign, bequeath, bequest, cede, commit, confide, consign, demise, devise, entrust, hand down, legate, refer, transmit, will, give over, leave behind |
| Antonyms: | hold |
| 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: | estrangement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destruction of affections |
| Synonyms: | alienation, breach, disaffection, division, divorce, hostility, leave, parting, removal, schism, separation, split, withdrawal, withholding, antagonization, break-up, disassociation, disunity, leaving |
| Antonyms: | connection, marriage, union |
| 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: | resignation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relinquishment of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | departure, giving up, notice, renunciation, surrender, termination, withdrawal, abandonment, abdication, leaving, quitting, retirement, tendering, vacating |
| Antonyms: | agreement, taking on |
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit of something |
| Synonyms: | atom, bite, butt, chip, chunk, crumb, cutting, discard, end, fragment, glob, grain, hunk, iota, jot, junk, leftover*, lump, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, odds and ends*, part, particle, piece, portion, remains, shred, slice, sliver, snatch, snippet, speck, stump, trace, waste, bits and pieces, castoff, gob, leaving, orts, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | load, lot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
| Synonyms: | alpha*, birth, bow, commencement, countdown, dawn, derivation, exit, flying start*, foundation, inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff*, onset, opening, origin, outset, source, spring, square one*, takeoff, dawning, day one, embarkation, first step, jump-off, leaving, running start, setting out, start-off |
| Antonyms: | completion, conclusion, death, end, ending, finish, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of excreting |
| Synonyms: | defecation, discharge, ejection, elimination, evacuation, expulsion, perspiration, secretion, discharging, ejecting, expelling, exudation, leaving, sweating, urination, voiding |
| Antonyms: | accretion, eating, receiving |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | bit, dregs, fragment, lees, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, butt end, leaving, tag end |
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave behind, relinquish |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, back out, bail out*, bow out*, chicken out*, cop out*, cut loose*, desert, discard, discontinue, ditch*, drop, drop out, duck*, dump*, dust*, leave, opt out, pull out, quit, screw*, stop, surrender, throw over*, vacate, walk out on, withdraw, yield, flake out, fly the coop, give up the ship, kiss goodbye, leg it, let go, run out on, ship out, storm out, take a powder, take a walk, wash hands of |
| Antonyms: | cherish, defend, keep, pursue, retain, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave in troubled state |
| Synonyms: | back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, reject, renounce, throw over*, walk out on, leave behind |
| Antonyms: | adopt, assert, favor, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abdicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up a right, position, or power |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, bail out*, cede, drop, forgo, leave, leave in the lurch, opt out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, sell out*, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, bag it, demit, give up, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, quitclaim |
| Antonyms: | assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain, retain, treasure, usurp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abscond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away, depart secretly |
| Synonyms: | beat it*, bolt*, break, clear out*, decamp, disappear, escape, fade*, flee, get, jump*, leave, make off, pull out, quit, scram*, skedaddle*, slip, split*, take off*, vamoose*, vanish, cut and run, dog it, duck out, fly the coop, go AWOL, go south, hightail, make a break, make scarce, run off, skip out, sneak away, steal away |
| Antonyms: | abide, continue, endure, remain, stay, stop, yield, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beat it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave hastily |
| Synonyms: | leave, scram, skedaddle, vamoose, go away, hurry away, shoo |
| Main Entry: | bequeath |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give in a will |
| Synonyms: | bestow, commit, devise, endow, entrust, grant, hand down, impart, leave, legate, transmit, will, hand on, leave to, pass on |
| Antonyms: | take |
| 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: | break out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bolt, depart, flee, leave, break loose, burst out, bust out, get free |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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