depart

depart

verb

Definition of DEPART

1

to leave a place often for another <I'll sing one more song before I depart>

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

2

to stop living <a special tribute for those members of the motion picture academy who have departed over the past year>

Synonyms check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, demise, depart, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in [slang], kick off [slang], pass (on), pass away, part, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumb

Related Words predecease; consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail

Near Antonyms come to, revive; linger; be, exist, subsist; flourish, prosper, thrive

Antonyms breathe, live