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depart

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of depart

1 to leave a place often for another

  • Iʼll sing one more song before I depart
Synonyms of depart

bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bug off, bug out, bugger off [British slang], buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, dig out, exit, get, get off, go, 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
Words Related to depart

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
Phrases Synonymous with depart

beat it, hit the road, pull stakes (or pull up stakes), take a hike (also take a walk), take a powder
Near Antonyms of depart

abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry

approach, close, near

hit, land, reach
Antonyms of depart

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 of depart

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

predecease

consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail
Phrases Synonymous with depart

bite the dust, buy it (or buy the farm), give up the ghost, kick the bucket, snuff it [British]
Near Antonyms of depart

come to, revive

linger

be, exist, subsist

flourish, prosper, thrive
Antonyms of depart

breathe, live

Synonym Discussion of depart

swerve, veer, deviate, depart, digress, diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course. swerve may suggest a physical, mental, or moral turning away from a given course, often with abruptness.
    • swerved to avoid hitting the dog
veer implies a major change in direction.
    • at that point the path veers to the right
deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course.
    • never deviated from her daily routine
depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type.
    • occasionally departs from his own guidelines
digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse.
    • a professor prone to digress
diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions.
    • after school their paths diverged

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