Synonyms of go

go 1 of 6

verb (1)

ˈgō 

1

as in to proceed

to move forward along a course

everything is going according to our plans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• proceed
• do
• come
• progress
• march
• forge
• come along
• get along
• advance
• get on
• go along
• go off
• fare
• pace
• gain ground
• speed
• travel
• push
• accelerate
• drive
• approach
• near
• pass
• run
• journey
• repair
• propel
• wend
• impel
• fast-forward
• actuate
• take out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remain
• stay
• stop
• stand
• check
• hinder
• impede
• halt
• stem
• block
• slow (down or up)
• hold back
• arrest
• detain
• obstruct
• suppress
• retard
• interrupt
• delay
• repress
• wait
• cease
• balk
• stall
• inhibit
• hamper
• nip
• pause
• stunt
• let up
• cramp
• regress

2

as in to move

to leave a place often for another

will go on vacation at the end of the year

decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• move
• depart
• exit
• get
• start
• escape
• flee
• evacuate
• fly
• quit
• bail
• part
• get off
• pull out
• walk out
• run along
• retire
• peel off
• push off
• shove (off)
• take off
• withdraw
• step (along)
• book
• push on
• clear out
• bail out
• skip
• dig out
• cut out
• go off
• beat it
• emigrate
• take a hike
• sally (forth)
• clear off
• hit the road
• buzz (off)
• retreat
• pack (up or off)
• begone
• scarper
• pike (out or off)
• vamoose
• set out
• take a powder
• bug off
• bug out
• bugger off
• strike out
• pull stakes
• get out
• abandon
• run away
• remove
• abscond
• vacate
• desert
• step out
• forsake
• decamp
• scram
• go out
• adjourn
• light out
• scat
• mizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come
• arrive
• stay
• remain
• show up
• settle
• dwell
• abide
• close
• turn up
• reach
• approach
• hit
• lodge
• tarry
• land
• near

3

as in to suffice

to be fitting or proper

at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suffice
• do
• serve
• fit
• suit
• fill the bill
• befit
• work
• beseem
• satisfy
• function

4

as in to correspond

to be in agreement on every point

your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said

Synonyms & Similar Words

• correspond
• coincide
• conform
• check
• consist
• agree
• fit
• answer
• sort
• rhyme
• harmonize
• square
• accord
• align
• fall in with
• comport
• match
• dovetail
• jibe
• cohere
• tally
• parallel
• chord
• equal
• register
• line up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differ (from)
• disagree (with)
• contradict
• dispute
• conflict
• nullify
• negate
• jar
• gainsay
• clash

5

as in to lead

to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction

the highway goes right along the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lead
• run
• extend
• lie
• head
• pass
• cut
• cross
• follow
• bear
• course
• span
• traverse

6

as in to become

to eventually have as a state or quality

she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop

the room went dark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• become
• get
• grow
• come
• turn
• run
• change
• transform
• wax
• modify
• alter
• metamorphose
• mutate
• transmute
• transfigure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• be
• continue
• remain
• stay
• linger
• abide

7

as in to collapse

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapse
• give
• tumble
• die
• melt
• crumple
• buckle
• give way
• yield
• founder
• crumble
• go out
• cave (in)
• implode
• break
• shatter
• fail
• crash
• snap
• burst
• flatten
• pop
• smash
• split
• stall
• crack
• break down
• give out
• deflate
• melt down
• splinter
• conk (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rise
• swell
• inflate

8

as in to belong

to have or be in a usual or proper place

these plates go in this cabinet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• belong
• stay
• place
• fit (in)

9

as in to fade

to lose bodily strength or vigor

when you get old, your eyesight starts to go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fade
• weaken
• sag
• fail
• languish
• sink
• deteriorate
• waste (away)
• wilt
• droop
• wither
• decay
• lag
• wear out
• flag
• emaciate
• rot
• break down
• yield
• run down
• degenerate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recover
• recuperate
• rally
• rebound
• gain
• convalesce

10

as in to follow

to make one's way through, across, or over

I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space

Synonyms & Similar Words

• follow
• traverse
• cross
• walk
• navigate
• travel
• cover
• course
• track
• pass (over)
• cut (across)
• proceed (along)
• transit
• ride
• hike
• perambulate
• peregrinate
• tread
• run
• traipse
• tramp
• crisscross

11

as in to vary

to occur within a continuous range of variation

selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vary
• range
• run
• move
• reach
• change
• shift
• extend
• fluctuate
• alternate
• sweep
• stretch
• mutate

12

as in to put

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event

to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

Synonyms & Similar Words

• put
• bet
• wager
• play
• offer
• gamble
• lay
• stake
• bid
• venture
• speculate
• adventure
• jeopardize
• chance
• endanger
• hazard
• imperil

13

as in to intend

chiefly Southern & Midland to have in mind as a purpose or goal

I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intend
• plan
• try
• look
• hope
• wish
• mean
• contemplate
• aim
• propose
• purpose
• aspire
• attempt
• calculate
• design
• purport
• meditate
• allow
• consider
• dream
• figure on
• struggle
• strive
• ponder
• accomplish
• achieve
• debate
• endeavor
• perform
• scheme
• execute
• mull (over)
• effect
• plot

14

as in to stop

to come to an end

we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• end
• conclude
• cease
• expire
• halt
• finish
• die
• pass
• close
• terminate
• determine
• discontinue
• leave off
• wind up
• let up
• elapse
• stall
• lapse
• break off
• wink (out)
• bite the dust
• quit
• break up
• stay
• dead-end
• refrain (from)
• pause
• lay off (of)
• desist (from)
• suspend
• pack (up or in)
• cut out
• give over
• break down
• wind down
• knock off
• peter (out)
• abate
• conk (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continue
• persist
• hang on
• extend
• prolong
• draw out
• protract

15

as in to afford

to have enough money for

I think I can go for the new car after all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• afford
• get
• swing
• purchase
• pay (for)
• obtain
• take
• expend
• acquire
• finance
• procure
• cover
• offer
• secure
• spring (for)
• bid
• pick up
• subsidize
• pony up
• underwrite
• outlay
• endow
• bankroll

16

as in to stand

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stand
• tolerate
• take
• endure
• accept
• handle
• sustain
• meet
• bear
• wear
• absorb
• swallow
• stand for
• abide
• live with
• stomach
• support
• hack
• lump (it)
• brook
• stick out
• countenance
• bide
• tough it out
• suffer
• sweat out
• allow
• pocket
• permit
• reconcile (to)
• submit (to)
• acquiesce
• agree (with or to)
• yield (to)
• respect
• consent (to)
• assent (to)
• capitulate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuse
• dismiss
• reject
• fight
• avoid
• resist
• decline
• oppose
• escape
• repudiate
• combat
• miss
• contest
• turn down
• evade
• spurn
• bypass
• circumvent
• refrain (from)
• elude
• dodge
• abstain (from)
• forbear

17

as in to die

to stop living

her grandmother went peacefully last night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• die
• fall
• perish
• succumb
• depart
• disappear
• pass (on)
• end
• exit
• expire
• check out
• buy it
• pass away
• step out
• fade
• demise
• kick in
• part
• drop
• snuff it
• kick off
• bite the dust
• kick the bucket
• pop off
• croak
• peg out
• give up the ghost
• fail
• decease
• flatline
• consume
• conk (out)
• dry up
• predecease

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• live
• come to
• breathe
• be
• revive
• exist
• linger
• thrive
• flourish
• subsist
• prosper

18

as in to succeed

to turn out as planned or desired

we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• succeed
• click
• go over
• bear fruit
• work out
• come off
• flourish
• deliver
• pan out
• deliver the goods
• catch fire
• do the trick
• prosper
• thrive
• catch on
• go like clockwork
• cook
• percolate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fail
• miss
• strike out
• fold
• founder
• collapse
• languish
• wash out
• struggle
• flunk
• bomb
• slip
• flop
• sink
• flounder
• decline
• wane
• crumble
• slump
• skid
• choke
• crash
• fall down
• miscarry
• go under
• crack up
• implode
• flame out
• crater
• misfire
• self-destruct

go

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adjective

as in ready

being in a state of fitness for some experience or action

all systems are go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ready
• prepared
• fit
• set
• ripe
• qualified
• conditioned
• armed
• primed
• trained
• braced
• fortified
• steeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unprepared
• unready
• underprepared
• half-cocked
• unqualified
• untrained
• half-baked
• flat-footed

go

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noun

ˈgō 

1

as in trend

a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time

snowboarding is all the go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trend
• latest
• craze
• rage
• vogue
• enthusiasm
• style
• mode
• fashion
• ton
• last word
• buzz
• hot ticket
• fad
• chic
• flavor
• dernier cri
• sensation
• crusade
• new wave
• movement
• fuss
• crush
• to-do
• infatuation
• novelty
• bandwagon
• whim
• nine days' wonder
• wrinkle
• fervor
• passion
• cult
• fancy
• uproar
• hullabaloo
• caprice
• furor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standard
• classic

2

as in energy

active strength of body or mind

a healthy six-year-old full of go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• energy
• vigor
• drive
• life
• juice
• gas
• bounce
• pep
• punch
• dash
• spirit
• stamina
• zip
• strength
• beans
• power
• vinegar
• ginger
• starch
• dynamism
• gusto
• get-up-and-go
• snap
• verve
• oomph
• zeal
• muscle
• zing
• vitality
• vim
• hardihood
• esprit
• brio
• sap
• fire
• passion
• moxie
• might
• animation
• fitness
• animal spirits
• liveliness
• spunk
• soundness
• vivacity
• spiritedness
• vibrancy
• health
• fervor
• jauntiness
• main
• metal
• briskness
• mettle
• sprightliness
• élan
• potency
• vibrance
• ardor
• puissance
• spunkiness
• wellness
• vivaciousness
• virility
• sturdiness
• healthiness
• snappiness
• hardiness
• huskiness
• verdure
• brawniness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lethargy
• sluggishness
• laziness
• listlessness
• tenderness
• indolence
• weakness
• impotence
• exhaustion
• powerlessness
• softness
• torpidity
• feebleness
• impotency
• faintness
• debility
• disablement
• debilitation
• delicacy
• infirmity
• prostration
• frailty
• inanition
• enfeeblement
• puniness
• enervation
• slightness
• frailness

3

as in try

an effort to do or accomplish something

it took several goes to get the car started

Synonyms & Similar Words

• try
• attempt
• stab
• offer
• pass
• bid
• endeavor
• shot
• trial
• essay
• crack
• whack
• fling
• bash
• assay
• struggle
• whirl
• striving
• undertaking
• throes
• trial and error

4

as in ambition

readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity

a young executive with the go to make this company grow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ambition
• drive
• initiative
• action
• enterprise
• hustle
• aggressiveness
• spirit
• pluck
• gumption
• energy
• grit
• vigor
• starch
• spunk
• killer instinct
• snap
• pep
• assertiveness
• self-reliance
• vitality
• ambitiousness
• overambitiousness
• hardihood

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inertia
• reluctance
• hesitation
• inactivity
• passivity
• timidity
• diffidence
• lethargy
• laziness
• indolence
• faintheartedness

go (for)

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verb (2)

as in to cost

to have a price of

those cars go for $25,000

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cost
• sell (for)
• fetch
• bring
• come (to)
• list (for)
• run
• amount (to)
• exact
• ask
• demand
• total
• command

go for

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phrase

1

as in enjoy

to take pleasure in

I could go for a cold beer right about now.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enjoy
• like
• love
• savor
• relish
• take to
• get off (on)
• delight (in)
• have a soft spot for
• rejoice (in)
• groove (on)
• revel (in)
• fancy
• appreciate
• get a kick out of
• adore
• admire
• value
• dig
• drink (in)
• treasure
• be partial to
• revere
• cotton (to)
• prize
• worship
• prefer
• eat (up)
• cherish
• indulge (in)
• feast (on)
• venerate
• wallow (in)
• dote (on)
• devour
• idolize
• favor
• luxuriate (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hate
• dislike
• loathe
• detest
• abhor
• condemn
• despise
• scorn
• abominate

2

as in accept

to have a favorable opinion of

I hope they go for my proposal.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accept
• approve (of)
• subscribe (to)
• hold with
• favor
• tolerate
• care (for)
• like
• OK
• countenance
• support
• enjoy
• take kindly to
• consent (to)
• praise
• recommend
• sustain
• back (up)
• salute
• concur (in)
• applaud
• assent (to)
• endure
• uphold
• stand by
• commend
• acclaim
• laud
• bear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disapprove (of)
• criticize
• disfavor
• damn
• condemn
• mind
• frown (on or upon)
• dislike
• censure
• denounce
• disparage
• depreciate
• hate
• dissent (from)
• blacklist
• deprecate
• reprobate
• object (to)
• discountenance
• oppose
• loathe
• detest
• reprehend

go (to)

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verb (3)

as in to turn (to)

to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage

when the sales representative refused to help us, we went to the store manager

Synonyms & Similar Words

• turn (to)
• consult
• refer (to)
• resort (to)
• use
• fall back on
• utilize
• depend (on)
• rely (on)
• employ

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of go

Verb

In a further blow, Parini’s plans go right off the rails when Alistair has some bad news from London and leaves him in charge of the elderly, ailing Borges, then 72. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has promised to get growth going again, but her public support ratings, while still high compared to some of her predecessors, have been gradually sinking. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Adjective

In May 2025, the Fortune 500 company and the third largest footwear company in the world announced a $9 billion go-private deal with Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital — the biggest shoe buyout in history. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 6 May 2026

All of these transmedia opportunities come as the larger entertainment industry is taking note on the value of games, with Electronic Arts’ recently announced $55 billion go-private deal being a key indicator of where priorities lie for investors. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025

Noun

Clubs are restricted to a maximum equity allowance over three consecutive seasons, with a further annual cap baked into that so owners can’t just pump in the full amount in one go. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

On his first snap of a 1-minute drill at the end of practice, DeVito looked long and found Hollins on a go route just outside the right numbers. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing go

• go (for)
• go (to)
• go along
• go at
• go back on
• go ballistic
• go down
• go down (with)
• go for
• go in (on)
• go in for
• go like clockwork
• go off
• go off the deep end
• go on
• go one better
• go out
• go out (with)
• go over
• go public (with)
• go steady
• go through
• go to bat for
• go to one's head
• go to pieces
• go to pot
• go to seed
• go up in flames
• have a go at
• let go
• on the go