book

book

verb

Definition of BOOK

1

to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use <we booked a conference room for the meeting next week>

Synonyms bespeak, book

Related Words earmark; contract, engage, hire, retain

slang

to leave a place often for another <I'm running late, so I've got to book>

Synonyms bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bugger off [British slang], bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), scarper [British], shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk out

Related Words set out, start, strike out; abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, mizzle [chiefly British], run away, scat, scram, skip; go out, light out, step out; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate; emigrate; adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdraw

Near Antonyms abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry; approach, close, near; hit, land, reach

Antonyms arrive, come, show up, turn up