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| Main Entry: |
exit
 [eg-zit, ek-sit] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way out of a place |
| Synonyms: | avenue, door, egress, fire escape, gate, hole, opening, outlet, passage out, vent |
| Antonyms: | entrance |
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place |
| Synonyms: | bid farewell, blow*, depart, do vanishing act, flake off, get away, get off, get*, git, go, go away, go out, issue, move, move out, quit, retire, retreat, say goodbye, split*, take a hike, take one's leave, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come in, enter, go in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street; path |
| Synonyms: | access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, entrance, entry, exit, outlet, parkway, passage, pathway, promenade, road, route, thoroughfare, way |
Example Sentences
- The park will then go into lockdown, and every exit from the park will be closed.
- But if another enemy intercepts that floater, they'll scoop it up, and make a beeline for the exit.
- Private equity firms may finally have an exit strategy for deals made at the height of the buyout boom.
| Main Entry: | curtains |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the end |
| Synonyms: | bitter end, death, end of life, end of the line, exit, extinction, lights out, taps |
| Main Entry: | death |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end of life |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, annihilation, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, eternal rest, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extermination, extinction, fatality, finis, finish, grave, grim reaper, heaven, loss, mortality, necrosis, obliteration, oblivion, paradise, parting, passing, passing over, quietus, release, repose, ruin, ruination, silence, sleep, termination, tomb |
| Antonyms: | being, birth, entity, existence, life, living |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, retreat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it, blast off, cut and run, cut out, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, get away, git, go, go away, go forth, hit the bricks, hit the road, hit the trail, make a break, march out, migrate, move on, move out, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth, say goodbye, scram, secede, set forth, shove off, slip away, split*, start, start out, take leave, tergiversate, troop, vacate, vanish, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come, enter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, adieu, bow out, congé, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, flight, getaway, going, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder, quitting, recession, removal, retirement, retreat, sailing, separation, setting forth, setting out, stampede, start, takeoff, taking leave, taking off, vacation, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | arrival, coming, entrance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, clear, come to naught, decamp, dematerialize, depart, die, die out, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, drop out of sight, ebb, end, end gradually, escape, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, flee, fly, go, go south, leave, leave no trace, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, take flight, vacate, vamoose, wane, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
| Main Entry: | disappearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vanishing |
| Synonyms: | ceasing to exist, decline and fall, dematerialization, departure, desertion, disappearing act, disintegration, dispersal, dissipation, dissolution, ebbing, eclipse, escape, evanescence, evaporation, exit, exodus, fading, flight, going, loss, melting, passing, receding, recession, removal, retirement, wane, wearing away, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | appearance, arrival, coming, entrance |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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