Synonyms of walk out

walk out 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to exit

to leave a place often for another

we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to strike

to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands

the salesclerks walked out upon learning of the second pay cut in six months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strike
• walk
• sit in
• lock out

walkout

2 of 2

noun

ˈwȯk-ˌau̇t 

as in strike

a work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demands

after four weeks of the walkout, management gave in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strike
• sit-down
• sympathetic strike
• sympathy strike
• lockout
• slowdown
• sit-in
• sick-out
• job action
• go-slow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of walk out

Verb

The strike, the third this year from the pilots’ union, covers Lufthansa’s mainline airline, its cargo unit and regional carrier CityLine, while pilots at low-cost carrier Eurowings are walking out only on Monday. —Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2026

It's been 19 years since Mitt Romney walked out of the State House in Boston to end of his lone term as Governor of Massachusetts. —Jon Keller, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026

Noun

Netflix employees took part in both physical and digital walkouts to protest the special. —Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026

The tentative agreement, which includes a 24% increase over three years, was the final milestone needed to avert a walkout, after the union representing teachers and another representing administrators struck deals on Sunday. —Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026