Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, proceed physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, approach, beat it, bug out, cruise, decamp, depart, escape, exit, fare, flee, fly, get away, get going, get lost, get off, hie, hightail, hit the road, journey, lam, leave, light out, make a break for it, make for, make one's way, mosey, move, move out, near, pass, progress, pull out, push off, push on, quit, repair, retire, run along, run away, set off, shove off, skip out, split*, take a hike, take a powder, take flight, take leave, take off, travel, vamoose, wend, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | stay, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave quickly |
| Synonyms: | beat it, clear out, decamp, depart, disappear, get lost, go away, hightail, make oneself scarce, make tracks, scoot, skedaddle, take off, vamoose |
| Antonyms: | dally, wait |
| Main Entry: | withdraw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove something or someone from situation |
| Synonyms: | abjure, absent oneself, back out, bail out, blow, book, bow out, check out, depart, detach, disengage, draw away, draw back, drop out, ease out, eliminate, exfiltrate, exit, extract, fall back, get away, get lost, get off, give ground, give way, go, keep aloof, keep apart, leave, make oneself scarce, phase out, pull back, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, run along, secede, seclude oneself, shrink, switch, take a hike, take away, take leave, take off, take out, vacate |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | bug off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go away |
| Synonyms: | beat it, buzz off, cut out, depart, get lost, hit the road, leave, move out, scram, shove off, split, take a hike |
| Main Entry: | push off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave |
| Synonyms: | beat it, blow, continue, depart, exit, fare, get away, get lost, get off, go, go away, hie, journey, keep going, launch, light out, make progress, pass, proceed, process, pull out, push on, quit, repair, shove off, start, take off, travel, wend, withdraw |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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