GO (AWAY) Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

go (away)

verb

Definition of go (away)

as in to separate

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Verb

The system could therefore separate where a biological signal is detected from where treatment is delivered.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
The danger begins before mentorship has separated itself from help.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of separate

Verb

Now, the taqueria, which has held on to its homemade flavors for the past 60 years, will soon disappear, too.

— Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Related Stories The work taps into a raw subject in Syria where at least 177,000 people remain missing having been forcibly disappeared by the regime from 2011 onwards.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of disappear

Verb

After three minutes of trying to smash into the ATM and get money, the burglars gave up and fled the scene as soon as police arrived, the employee said.

— Blake Tyson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Even more distasteful was their decision to flee to a country home while costarring in the movie 21 Days, essentially abandoning Olivier’s son and Leigh’s daughter, Suzanne.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of flee

Verb

The anger, the criticism, and the frustration of missing an opportunity have faded after a victory over the Giants.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Eleven Swiss cantons have introduced birth allowances over the years, and one study found that the payments increased fertility, mainly among lower-income immigrants, but the effect quickly faded.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of fade

Verb

Gilchrist replies, his voice brightening the way an ancient sun suddenly burns through an evanescing cloud.

— Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood.

— Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2020

Definition of evanesce

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