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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent activity from going on |
| Synonyms: | abandon, bag it, blow off, break off, call it quits, cease, close, desist, disconnect, disjoin, dissever, disunite, drop, end, finish, give over, give up, halt, interpose, interrupt, intervene, kill, knock off, leave off, part, pause, put an end to, quit, refrain from, scrub, separate, stop, surcease, suspend, terminate |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, restart, retry |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, behave |
| Synonyms: | acquit oneself, appear, bear, carry, come on like, comport, conduct, demean, deport, discourse, enact, fare, get along, get by, give, go on, impersonate, make out, manage, muddle through, operate, perform, personate, play, playact, portray, present, produce, put on*, quit, render the role, seem, stagger along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; ignore |
| Synonyms: | abort, adios, be alienated from, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch*, divorce, dust off, eighty-six, end, forfeit, forget about, forsake, give up, have done with, interrupt, jilt, kick*, leave, lose, part from, part with, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, scratch*, scrub, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wash out, waste one, wipe out, write off |
| Antonyms: | continue, do, mount, pursue, take up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drop out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop doing an activity |
| Synonyms: | abandon, back out, cease, forsake, give notice, give up, leave, quit, renege, retreat, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | begin, carry out, engage, join |
| Main Entry: | emigrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move to new country |
| Synonyms: | depart, migrate, move abroad, quit, remove, transmigrate |
| Notes: | to emigrate or immigrate is to enter a new country to take up residency; the only real difference between these words is you emigrate from your country to another country and you immigrate into (or to) another country |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to an end |
| Synonyms: | abolish, abort, accomplish, achieve, break off, break up, call it a day, call off, cease, close, close out, complete, conclude, consummate, crown, culminate, cut short, delay, determine, discontinue, dispose of, dissolve, drop, expire, finish, get done, give up, halt, interrupt, pack it in, perorate, postpone, pull the plug, put the lid on, quit, relinquish, resolve, settle, sew up, shut down, stop, switch off, terminate, top off, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | begin, commence, create, start |
| Main Entry: | evacuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clear an area; empty |
| Synonyms: | abandon, bail out, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, discharge, displace, eject, expel, forsake, hightail, leave, move out, pack up, pull out, quit, relinquish, remove, run for the hills, skidaddle, vacate, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | come in, enter, fill, load, occupy |
| 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: | expire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to an end |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust, buy it, cash in chips, cease, close, conclude, croak, decease, depart, die, elapse, end, finish, go, kick the bucket, lapse, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, quit, run out, stop, strike out, terminate, up and die |
| Antonyms: | bear, begin, commence, start |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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