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say goodbye

VERB

depart

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon blast off disappear escape evacuate exit go pull out quit remove retire vacate withdraw

STRONG

abdicate absent decamp desert emigrate migrate part perish scram secede split start tergiversate troop vanish

WEAK

beat it cut and run cut out get away git go away go forth hit the bricks hit the road hit the trail make a break march out move on move out sally forth set forth shove off slip away start out take leave

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come in continue enter fill occupy persevere remain stay

STRONG

combine come join

WEAK

keep to linger wait

VERB

exit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blow depart get off go out quit retire withdraw

STRONG

get git go issue move retreat split

WEAK

bid farewell do vanishing act flake off get away go away move out take a hike take one's leave

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come continue enter remain stay

STRONG

discourage dissuade stop surrender

WEAK

come in go in

VERB

leave

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disappear escape flee fly go move quit retire start take off withdraw

STRONG

abscond decamp defect desert ditch elope embark emigrate exit flit forsake issue migrate part relinquish sally scram slip slip away split vacate vamoose vanish

WEAK

beat it break away clear out come away cut out give the slip go away go forth head out move out pull out push off remove oneself ride off run along set out slip out step down take a hike take leave walk out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come complete face finish remain stay stop

STRONG

come in hold join keep

WEAK

care continue maintain

VERB

part

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pull out separate

STRONG

break depart go quit split withdraw

WEAK

break off break up clear out cut and run dedomicile ease out go separate ways hit the road leave flat part company push off quit the scene ship out shove off split up take a hike take leave take off walk out on

Antonyms

STRONG

allow come continue join remain stay wait

WEAK

arrive connect

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, say goodbye to “Kim’s Convenience,” “Brockmire,” “Blindspot” and “Sex and the City,” all leaving by month’s end.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

We’ve become so enamored by this void that we inadvertently trapped ourselves inside of it, mourning the past that slipped away before we had a chance to say goodbye.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Ed Cullen, from Taunton in Somerset, said when his mum died, she arranged an unattended cremation because she thought it was cheaper - leaving him and his family without the chance to say goodbye.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

"He has taken my future and the love of my life. I will never get to say goodbye."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

It pains me the most to say goodbye to Teresita, and to have to leave her.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

say goodbye

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