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exit
Synonyms and Antonyms of exit
1 a place or means of going out all of the building's exits were being watched by security guards Synonyms egress, issue, outlet Related Words escape, escape hatch, release; gate, mouth, opening, passage, vent Near Antonyms access, entrée (or entree) Antonyms entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway, ingress
2 the act of leaving a place the movie star's quick exit through the back of the hotel went unnoticed by the horde of photographers waiting out front Synonyms decamping, decampment, departing, departure, exiting, farewell, going, leave, leave-taking, lighting out, outgo, parting, quitting, walking outRelated Words flight, retirement, retreat, running away, withdrawal; diaspora, emigration, evacuation, exodus; embarkation, embarkment; disembarkation, egress; abandonment, forsaking, relinquishmentNear Antonyms coming; approach, entrance, ingressAntonyms advent, appearance, arrival
3 the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities determined that his exit be from a place and time of his own choosing, the terminally ill patient opted for suicide Synonyms curtains, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, death, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleepRelated Words casualty, fatality; martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide; annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin; assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughterNear Antonyms existence, life; creation, genesis, origination, riseAntonyms birth, nativity
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exit
Synonyms and Antonyms of exit
1 to leave a place often for another in case of fire, exit from the building in a calm and orderly fashion 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, go, 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 outRelated 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, withdrawNear Antonyms abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry; approach, close, near; hit, land, reachAntonyms arrive, come, show up, turn up
2 to stop living expressed her wish to exit surrounded by family and friends Synonyms check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, demise, depart, drop, end, die, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in [slang], kick off [slang], pass (on), pass away, part, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumbRelated Words predecease; consume, disappear, dry up, fade, failNear Antonyms come to, revive; linger; be, exist, subsist; flourish, prosper, thriveAntonyms breathe, live
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