away

¹away

adverb \ə-ˈwā\

Definition of AWAY

1

: on the way : along <get away early>

2

: from this or that place <go away>

3

a : in a secure place or manner <locked away>

b : in another direction <look away>

4

: out of existence : to an end <echoes dying away>

5

: from one's possession <gave away a fortune>

6

: steadily onward : uninterruptedly <clocks ticking away>

7

: by a long distance or interval : far <away back in 1910>

Examples of AWAY

1. She hopes to get away early.
2. The family next door moved away.
3. We rowed away from the shore.
4. Roll up the rug and carry it away.
5. He pulled his arm away from the hot stove.
6. You should keep away from the dog. It could be dangerous.
7. She turned her face away.
8. The will was locked away in the safe.
9. She stowed the luggage away in the overhead compartment.

First Known Use of AWAY

before 12th century

Related to AWAY

Synonyms

down, fro, hence, off, out

Related Words

apart, aside, elsewhere; abroad, afar, afield, astray

Rhymes with AWAY

abbé, affray, agley, airplay, airway, aisleway, all-day, allay, allée, Angers, Anhui, archway, array, ashtray, assay, astray, Augier, aweigh, backstay, ballet, base pay, bat ray, beignet, belay, beltway, benday, beret, betray, bewray, bidet, bikeway, birthday, Biscay, Bizet, blasé, bobstay, Bombay, Bossuet, bouchée, bouclé, boule, bouquet, Bourget, bourrée, breezeway, Bouvet, Broadway, buffet, byplay, byway, cachet, café, cahier, Cambay, Cathay, causeway, chaîné, chalet, chambray, chassé, child's play, ciré, cliché, congé, convey, co-pay, Corday, corvée, coudé, coupé, crawlway, crochet, croquet, crossway, cube, curé, cy pres, DA, daresay, D-day, death ray, decay, deejay, defray, delay, dengue, dismay, display, distrait, DJ, donnée, doomsday, doorway, dossier, downplay, dragée, driveway, duvet, Earl Grey, embay, épée, essay, estray, Ewe, fair play, fairway, Feuillet, field day, filé, filet, fillet, fireclay, fishway, flambé, flight pay, floodway, flyway, folkway, footway, foray, force play, forebay, foreplay, forestay, formée, forte, fouetté, foul play, Fouquet, four-way, fourchée, foyer, franglais, frappé, freeway, Friday, frieze, fumet, gainsay, Galway, gamay, gangway, gateway, gelée, give way, glacé, godet, gourmet, Green Bay, greenway, guideway, gunplay, hair spray, halfway, hallway, Hannay, harm's way, hatchway, headway, hearsay, Hebei, Hefei, heyday, highway, hold sway, homestay, hooray, horseplay, Hubei, in play, in re, inlay, inveigh, Islay, issei, jackstay, James Bay, jennet, jeté, Jetway, Jolliet, keyway, Kobe, koine, kouprey, lamé, laneway, lay day, leeway, lifeway, Lomé, Lord's day, lwei, lycée, M-day, maguey, mainstay, make hay, Malay, malgré, man-day, Mande, Manet, manqué, margay, massé, match play, maté, May Day, Medway, melee, meze, midday, midway, Midway, Millay, Millet, mislay, misplay, moiré, Monday, Monet, Mornay, name day, Niamey, nisei, noonday, Norway, nosegay, obey, OK, olé, ombré, one-way, osprey, Otway, outlay, outré, outstay, outweigh, oyez, PA, parfait, parkway, parlay, parquet, partway, passé, pâté, pathway, pavé, payday, pearl gray, per se, pince-nez, pipe clay, piqué, piquet, pith ray, PK, plié, plissé, pommée, Pompeii, portray, prepay, projet, pulque, puree, purvey, quale, Quesnay, raceway, Rahway, railway, rappee, red bay, relay, repay, replay, risqué, roadway, Roget, role-play, ropeway, rosé, rosebay, Roubaix, roué, routeway, runway, sachet, saint's day, Salé, sansei, sashay, sauté, screenplay, scrub jay, seaway, Shark Bay, shar-pei, shipway, short-day, sick bay, sick day, sick pay, sideway, skyway, slideway, slipway, sluiceway, soigné, soiree, someday, someway, soothsay, soufflé, speedway, spillway, squeeze play, stairway, sternway, stingray, straightway, strathspey, stroke play, subway, Sunday, survey, sweet bay, swordplay, tea tray, tempeh, thoughtway, thruway, Thursday, tideway, today, Tokay, tollway, Torbay, touché, toupee, trackway, tramway, Tuesday, Twelfth Day, two-way, unlay, unsay, valet, V-day, veejay, vide, visé, Vouvray, walkway, waylay, Wednesday, weekday, white way, windway, wood ray, wordplay, workday

²away

adjective

Definition of AWAY

1

: absent from a place : gone <away for the weekend>

2

: distant in space or time <a lake 10 miles away> <the season is two months away>

3

: played on an opponent's grounds <home and away games>

4

baseball : out <two away in the ninth>

— away·ness noun

Examples of AWAY

1. They are away for the weekend.
2. “Where is he?” “He's away at the moment, but he'll be back soon.”
3. when I am away from home
4. The team played both home games and away games.

First Known Use of AWAY

14th century

Related to AWAY

Synonyms

distant, deep, far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, remote, removed

Antonyms

close, near, nearby, nigh

Related Words

apart, devious, isolated, lonesome, nowhere, obscure, odd, outlying, out-of-the-way, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered

Near Antonyms

adjacent, adjoining, contiguous