Synonyms of parting

parting 1 of 3

adjective

as in farewell

given, taken, or performed at parting

she gave him a parting gift to remember her by

Synonyms & Similar Words

• farewell
• closing
• leaving
• valedictory
• final
• departing
• concluding
• last
• ultimate

parting

2 of 3

noun

1

as in leaving

the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions

although their parting was sad, they knew they would see each other again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• farewell
• leaving
• departure
• separation
• flight
• leave-taking
• exiting
• exodus
• going
• quitting
• exit
• withdrawal
• running away
• forsaking
• egress
• abandonment
• desertion
• decamping
• decampment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reunion
• arrival
• joining
• greeting
• meeting
• welcome
• gathering
• salutation

• reunion
• arrival
• joining
• greeting
• meeting
• welcome
• gathering
• salutation

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2

as in departure

the act of leaving a place

everyone waved goodbye at his parting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• departure
• departing
• exiting
• going
• exodus
• quitting
• leave
• farewell
• withdrawal
• evacuation
• walking out
• flight
• retirement
• leave-taking
• exit
• decamping
• lighting out
• emigration
• decampment
• outgo
• running away
• forsaking
• embarkation
• retreat
• relinquishment
• diaspora
• abandonment
• disembarkation
• egress
• embarkment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• arrival
• appearance
• advent
• approach
• coming
• entrance
• ingress

• arrival
• appearance
• advent
• approach
• coming
• entrance
• ingress

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parting

3 of 3

verb

present participle of part

1

as in separating

to go or move in different directions from a central point

after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separating
• diverging
• dividing
• forking
• retreating
• scattering
• spreading
• dispersing
• disbanding
• dispelling
• distancing
• distributing
• dissipating
• receding
• branching (out)
• broadcasting
• sowing
• clearing out
• bestrewing
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joining
• meeting
• assembling
• converging
• gathering

• joining
• meeting
• assembling
• converging
• gathering

2

as in departing

to leave a place often for another

parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• departing
• exiting
• moving
• getting
• going
• fleeing
• escaping
• starting
• quitting
• bailing
• evacuating
• withdrawing
• flying
• retiring
• running along
• pulling out
• getting off
• cutting out
• walking out
• retreating
• taking off
• going off
• clearing out
• digging out
• pushing off
• booking
• peeling off
• pushing on
• scarpering
• bailing out
• emigrating
• bugging out
• clearing off
• beating it
• skipping
• taking a hike
• abandoning
• buggering off
• taking a powder
• removing
• vamoosing
• taking a walk
• deserting
• bugging off
• pulling stakes
• setting out
• pulling up stakes
• stepping (along)
• sallying (forth)
• hitting the road
• packing (up or off)
• striking out
• shoving (off)
• buzzing (off)
• forsaking
• running away
• getting out
• vacating
• decamping
• piking (out or off)
• going out
• absconding
• stepping out
• scramming
• lighting out
• scatting
• mizzling
• adjourning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• arriving
• remaining
• closing
• approaching
• staying
• settling
• turning up
• nearing
• abiding
• reaching
• dwelling
• lodging
• tarrying
• showing up
• hitting
• landing

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• coming
• arriving
• remaining
• closing
• approaching
• staying
• settling
• turning up
• nearing
• abiding
• reaching
• dwelling
• lodging
• tarrying
• showing up
• hitting
• landing

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3

as in splitting

to set or force apart

parted the prongs with pliers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separating
• splitting
• dividing
• severing
• disconnecting
• sundering
• pulling
• resolving
• divorcing
• dissociating
• detaching
• disjoining
• disassociating
• isolating
• disjointing
• ramifying
• uncoupling
• disuniting
• cleaving
• dissecting
• unlinking
• dissevering
• decoupling
• dissolving
• tearing
• decomposing
• unyoking
• subdividing
• ripping
• breaking up
• fragmenting
• disintegrating
• breaking
• rending
• disassembling
• bisecting
• bifurcating
• breaking down
• halving
• fragmentating
• quartering
• partitioning
• segmenting
• fractionating
• trisecting
• fracturing
• insulating
• riving
• unraveling
• untying
• segregating
• dichotomizing
• fractionalizing
• cutting off
• disentangling
• rupturing
• sequestering
• secluding
• rifting
• disengaging
• fragmentizing
• untieing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joining
• linking
• mixing
• combining
• uniting
• mingling
• connecting
• assembling
• blending
• closing
• coupling
• unifying
• associating
• attaching
• sticking
• binding
• accumulating
• cementing
• welding
• fastening
• fusing
• knitting
• agglutinating

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• joining
• linking
• mixing
• combining
• uniting
• mingling
• connecting
• assembling
• blending
• closing
• coupling
• unifying
• associating
• attaching
• sticking
• binding
• accumulating
• cementing
• welding
• fastening
• fusing
• knitting
• agglutinating

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4

as in dying

to stop living

before I part, I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dying
• departing
• perishing
• falling
• ending
• exiting
• expiring
• succumbing
• disappearing
• demising
• going
• deceasing
• passing away
• fading
• checking out
• stepping out
• popping off
• buying it
• dropping
• croaking
• kicking off
• pegging out
• kicking in
• snuffing it
• flatlining
• buying the farm
• passing (on)
• giving up the ghost
• kicking the bucket
• biting the dust
• predeceasing
• failing
• consuming
• conking (out)
• drying up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• living
• breathing
• lingering
• reviving
• existing
• being
• subsisting
• coming to
• prospering
• flourishing
• thriving

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• living
• breathing
• lingering
• reviving
• existing
• being
• subsisting
• coming to
• prospering
• flourishing
• thriving

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Phrases Containing parting

• parting of the ways

• parting of the ways