Synonyms of clearing out

clearing out 1 of 2

noun

as in withdrawal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• withdrawal
• retirement
• egress
• passing
• leaving
• evaporation
• retreat
• melting
• dissipation
• fading
• evacuation
• vanishing
• dissolution
• emigration
• exodus
• fadeaway
• departing
• departure
• going
• parting
• exiting
• exit
• disappearance
• quitting
• farewell
• decampment
• decamping
• leave-taking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• arrival
• appearance
• approach
• advent
• entrance
• beginning
• incoming
• start
• morning
• birth
• onset
• commencement
• debut
• dawn
• inception
• ingress
• genesis
• dawning
• début

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• coming
• arrival
• appearance
• approach
• advent
• entrance
• beginning
• incoming
• start
• morning
• birth
• onset
• commencement
• debut
• dawn
• inception
• ingress
• genesis
• dawning
• début

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clearing out

2 of 2

verb

present participle of clear out

1

as in dispersing

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart

police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dispersing
• splitting (up)
• scattering
• dissipating
• dispelling
• breaking up
• squandering
• isolating
• disbanding
• separating
• segregating
• parting
• disseminating
• diffusing
• diverging
• spreading

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collecting
• assembling
• gathering
• concentrating
• clustering
• congregating
• agglutinating
• ingathering
• uniting
• unifying
• conglomerating

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• collecting
• assembling
• gathering
• concentrating
• clustering
• congregating
• agglutinating
• ingathering
• uniting
• unifying
• conglomerating

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2

as in escaping

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escaping
• fleeing
• running away
• getting out
• breaking free
• running off
• breaking out (of)
• flying
• leaving
• lamming
• walking out
• absconding
• pulling out
• shoving (off)
• taking off
• moving
• avoiding
• going
• losing
• exiting
• evading
• sallying (forth)
• departing
• eluding
• shunning
• bringing off
• rescuing
• quitting
• eloping
• extricating
• emancipating
• releasing
• springing
• liberating
• freeing
• disentangling
• loosening
• loosing
• enfranchising
• decamping
• redeeming
• manumitting
• unfettering
• uncaging
• unbinding
• unchaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hanging around
• remaining
• lingering
• staying
• sticking around
• coming back
• dwelling
• abiding
• returning
• tarrying

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• hanging around
• remaining
• lingering
• staying
• sticking around
• coming back
• dwelling
• abiding
• returning
• tarrying

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3

as in departing

to leave a place often for another

the lunch crowd usually clears out by 2:00 p.m. at the latest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• departing
• exiting
• moving
• running along
• going
• walking out
• buzzing (off)
• pulling out
• peeling off
• pushing on
• packing (up or off)
• stepping (along)
• digging out
• pushing off
• getting
• bailing out
• cutting out
• clearing off
• getting off
• going off
• shoving (off)
• bugging out
• taking off
• taking a walk
• sallying (forth)
• beating it
• buggering off
• starting
• hitting the road
• evacuating
• pulling up stakes
• escaping
• fleeing
• parting
• taking a powder
• bugging off
• taking a hike
• striking out
• piking (out or off)
• flying
• pulling stakes
• bailing
• setting out
• quitting
• booking
• running away
• getting out
• going out
• withdrawing
• retiring
• vamoosing
• stepping out
• scarpering
• retreating
• emigrating
• skipping
• lighting out
• mizzling
• removing
• abandoning
• absconding
• deserting
• vacating
• decamping
• forsaking
• scramming
• scatting
• adjourning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• showing up
• arriving
• remaining
• turning up
• staying
• settling
• abiding
• lodging
• approaching
• closing
• dwelling
• nearing
• reaching
• hitting
• tarrying
• landing

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• coming
• showing up
• arriving
• remaining
• turning up
• staying
• settling
• abiding
• lodging
• approaching
• closing
• dwelling
• nearing
• reaching
• hitting
• tarrying
• landing

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