Nouns (0)
Verbs (21)
leave
v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
go, go away, travel away
v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
quit, take leave
v. go away or leave
stray, sidetrack, digress, straggle
v. wander from a direct or straight course
deviate, vary, diverge, be out of line with
v. be at variance with; be out of line with
start, part, take off, set off, set out, start out, set forth
v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (126)
retire, withdraw
v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
retire, adjourn, withdraw
v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
retire, withdraw
v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
go, go away, depart, travel away
v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
retire, go into retirement
v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
give up, resign, renounce, vacate
v. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
withdraw, bow out
v. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out
v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
lurch, abandon, desert, desolate, forsake
v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
keep, stay fresh
v. fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"
retire, adjourn, withdraw
v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
retire, withdraw
v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
leave, depart
v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
empty, abandon, vacate
v. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
retreat, withdraw, recede, pull back, draw back, move back
v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
defect, desert
v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
retire, go into retirement
v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
retire, withdraw
v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
retreat
v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
retreat, retrograde, go back
v. move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
defect, desert
v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
move apart, diverge, draw apart
v. move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"
shift, stir, agitate, budge
v. move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
stray, drift, err
v. wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove
v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
leave, exit, go out, get out
v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle
v. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
dally, tarry, linger
v. leave slowly and hesitantly
flirt, romance, mash, coquette, chat up, dally, coquet, philander, talk amorously
v. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
poke, jab, dig, stab, prod
v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
clash, jar, collide, be incompatible
v. be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"
discord, disagree, disaccord
v. be different from one another
defect, desert
v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
escape, break loose, get away
v. run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
recall, withdraw, call back, call in
v. cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
draw, take out, withdraw
v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
Synonyms (8)
move, travel, go, locomote
v. change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"
spare, give up, dispense with, part with
v. give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
Antonyms (31)
stay, rest, remain, continue
v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
light, light up, fire up
v. begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
come, come up
v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
get, come, arrive
v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
dally, tarry, linger
v. leave slowly and hesitantly
quit, depart, take leave
v. go away or leave
stay, remain behind
v. remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
get, come, arrive
v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
go, go away, depart, travel away
v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
conform
v. be similar, be in line with
get, come, arrive
v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
depart
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