Synonyms of exits

exits 1 of 2

noun

plural of exit

1

as in escapes

a place or means of going out

all of the building's exits were being watched by security guards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escapes
• outlets
• issues
• egresses
• mouths
• gates
• vents
• openings
• escape hatches
• releases
• passages

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• entrances
• entries
• entryways
• entranceways
• accesses
• ingresses
• entrées

2

as in departures

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 & Similar Words

• departures
• leaves
• evacuations
• goings
• exoduses
• withdrawals
• flights
• partings
• farewells
• retirements
• decampments
• outgoes
• leave-takings
• retreats
• egresses
• emigrations
• embarkations
• abandonments
• diasporas
• relinquishments
• embarkments
• disembarkations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• arrivals
• appearances
• approaches
• entrances
• comings
• advents
• ingresses

3

as in deaths

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 & Similar Words

• deaths
• demises
• fates
• dooms
• passings
• ends
• curtains
• sleeps
• passages
• dissolutions
• expirations
• graves
• deceases
• quietuses
• expiries
• suicides
• great divides
• fatalities
• casualties
• ruins
• assassinations
• endings
• destructions
• executions
• annihilations
• slaughters
• martyrdoms
• self-destructions
• self-slaughters
• exterminations
• self-murders
• killings
• massacres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• births
• lives
• existences
• rises
• nativities
• creations
• originations
• geneses

exits

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of exit

1

as in moves

to leave a place often for another

in case of fire, exit from the building in a calm and orderly fashion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• moves
• departs
• goes
• gets
• escapes
• evacuates
• flees
• starts
• quits
• parts
• bails
• withdraws
• walks out
• flies
• retires
• runs along
• bugs off
• peels off
• gets off
• shoves (off)
• pushes off
• cuts out
• pulls out
• steps (along)
• packs (up or off)
• goes off
• takes off
• bails out
• digs out
• beats it
• buzzes (off)
• clears off
• pushes on
• scarpers
• skips
• books
• sallies (forth)
• clears out
• retreats
• buggers off
• emigrates
• takes a hike
• bugs out
• takes a powder
• hits the road
• vamooses
• sets out
• pulls stakes
• abandons
• absconds
• pikes (out or off)
• strikes out
• runs away
• removes
• vacates
• gets out
• goes out
• forsakes
• steps out
• scrams
• deserts
• scats
• decamps
• lights out
• mizzles
• adjourns

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comes
• arrives
• remains
• stays
• turns up
• shows up
• dwells
• closes
• settles
• approaches
• reaches
• abides
• lands
• nears
• hits
• lodges
• tarries

2

as in dies

to stop living

expressed her wish to exit surrounded by family and friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dies
• falls
• perishes
• departs
• succumbs
• ends
• disappears
• goes
• expires
• passes (on)
• parts
• passes away
• buys it
• fades
• kicks off
• croaks
• checks out
• steps out
• drops
• kicks in
• pops off
• snuffs it
• pegs out
• demises
• flatlines
• fails
• kicks the bucket
• deceases
• gives up the ghost
• bites the dust
• conks (out)
• consumes
• predeceases
• dries up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lives
• breathes
• comes to
• exists
• lingers
• is
• revives
• thrives
• flourishes
• subsists
• prospers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exits

Noun

After years of difficult fundraising conditions, the continent’s venture industry needs successful exits and public listings to persuade investors that its technology businesses can deliver returns at scale. — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026

According to the criminal complaint, Stately stabbed two of her sons, ages 5 and 6, before setting three fires inside the house, including at the home's two exits. — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

As Florida fans made their way toward the exits, Georgia forced another Gators turnover in the third quarter, all but putting this away. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 Oct. 2026

The footage shows officers walked with the family to one of the park’s exits. — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Beauty to the subsequent exits of fragrance brand Phlur and body care company Saltair. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

This seems like a perfectly reasonable debate/dialogue/deliberation to have without everybody--well, most bodies--running for the exits. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Executives attributed part of the spending drag to recent exits from small business co-brand partnerships. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

If cloves are the on-ramp, cardamom, cinnamon, star anise and black pepper are the next exits. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Verb

Dry and cool week ahead After the rain exits Tuesday, North Texas will be dry and cool. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026

Her chances at having a baby only seemed to worsen in 2014, when a colorectal surgeon attempted to reposition her stoma — an opening in the abdomen through which waste exits the body — to make pregnancy possible, but the surgery was unsuccessful. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026

The werewolf’s victims reappear in hallucinations completely drenched in blood, while the hugely likable Griffin Dunne exits in spectacular fashion, totally ripped to shreds. — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Sponsored by District 3 Commissioner Nicole Massiah, the measure defines camping as using public space for private living accommodations in a manner that obstructs public access or blocks entryways and exits to public property for extended periods. — La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Then exits the room to make her entrance again as a makeup artist appears to administer touch-ups and a wardrobe assistant swoops in to adjust one of the women’s hats. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2026

Shortly after, a heavyset man wearing gray sweats, white socks and black sandals and a black hooded sweatershirt exits the passenger-side door. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

But postseason struggles, including first-round NCAA Tournament exits in 2025 and 2026, ultimately cost Davis his job. — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026

All entrances and exits to the city remained sealed, with the operation focused in Deir Bahha and another part of the city called Al-Jalda, according to Hebron Mayor Yousef Zuhair Al-Jabari. — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026