away from

ADJECTIVE

outside

Synonyms

STRONGEST

farther foreign out

STRONG

alfresco alien exterior extreme outdoor over surface

WEAK

apart from extramural extraneous farthest furthest open-air outer outermost outward

Antonyms

STRONG

central interior middle

WEAK

certain definite good inside internal likely sure

ADVERB

beyond

Synonyms

WEAK

above after ahead apart from as well as at a distance before behind besides beyond the bounds clear of farther free of good way off hyper in addition to in advance of long way off more remote moreover on the far side on the other side out of range out of reach outside over over and above over there past remote superior to without yonder

Antonyms

STRONG

close here nearby within reach

WEAK

near

ADVERB

off

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead aside below elsewhere far out over

STRONG

absent disappearing removed vanishing

WEAK

above afar behind beneath beside divergent farther away gone away in the distance not here to one side turning aside up front

Antonyms

WEAK

close here present

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

about appertaining to appropriate to as concerns as regards attributed to based on belonging to characterized by coming from concerning connected with consisting of containing epithetical going from in reference to in regard to like made from out from out of peculiar to pertaining to proceeding from referring to regarding related to showing

Example Sentences

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Now might be a good time for another look, as the stock market approaches a potential shift away from momentum trades.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Williams "evolved away" from tennis in 2022 after winning 23 Grand Slam singles titles in her 27-year career.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Tariffs and oil tankers don’t explain four decades of teenagers walking away from jobs they could have had.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Ford’s May announcement “was a significant first step in diversifying away from its traditional auto-manufacturing business,” said Garrett Nelson, an analyst with CFRA.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“The things I do to keep my family away from a culinary black hole,” he says, taking out his cell to place the order on his app.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

away from

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