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| 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: | jet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spurt, gush |
| Synonyms: | flow, fly, issue, pour, roll, rush, shoot, soar, spew, spout, spritz, squirt, stream, surge, travel, zoom |
| Main Entry: | knock about/knock around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roam, wander |
| Synonyms: | drift, ramble, range, rove, traipse, travel, walk |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | move |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in motion, put in motion |
| Synonyms: | actuate, advance, blow, budge, bustle, carry, change, climb, crawl, cross, depart, dislocate, disturb, drift, drive, exit, flow, fly, get away, get going, get off, glide, go, go away, head for, hurry, impel, jump, leap, leave, locomote, march, migrate, off-load, position, proceed, progress, propel, pull out, push, quit, relocate, remove, roll, run, scram, shift, ship, shove, skip out, split, stir, switch, take off, transfer, transport, transpose, travel, traverse, walk, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | fix, pause, remain, stay, stop |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go by, elapse; move onward |
| Synonyms: | befall, blow past, catch, come off, come to pass, come up, crawl, cross, cruise, depart, develop, drag, fall out, fare, flow, fly, fly by, get ahead, give, glide, glide by, go, go past, happen, hie, journey, lapse, leave, linger, move, occur, pass away, pass by, proceed, progress, push on, reach, repair, rise, roll, run, run by, run out, slip away, take place, transpire, travel, wend |
| Antonyms: | get, take, use |
| Main Entry: | proceed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically or mentally carry on, carry out |
| Synonyms: | advance, continue, fare, get, get going, get on with, get under way, go ahead, go on, hie, journey, make a start, march, move on, move out, pass, press on, progress, push on, repair, set in motion, travel, wend |
| Notes: | precede means to be earlier in time or come before, while proceed means to continue with one's activities or to follow a procedure or take a course |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop, wait |
| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move forward |
| Synonyms: | advance, continue, cover ground, dash, edge, forge ahead, gain ground, get along, get on, go forward, keep going, lunge, make headway, make strides, move on, proceed, shoot, speed, travel |
| Antonyms: | back up, decline, retreat, stop |
| Main Entry: | push off/push on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave; go to another place |
| Synonyms: | beat it, continue, depart, exit, fare, get away, get lost, go, go away, hie, hit the road, journey, keep going, launch, light out, make oneself scarce, make progress, pass, proceed, process, pull out, quit, repair, shove off, start, take off, travel, wend, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come |
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander, roam |
| Synonyms: | circumambulate, cover, cross, cruise, drift, encompass, explore, float, follow one's nose, gallivant, globe-trot, hit the road, hit the trail, make circuit, meander, pass over, ply, prowl, ramble, reach, reconnoiter, rove, scour, search, spread, straggle, stray, stroll, sweep, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek |
| Antonyms: | be direct |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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