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

On top of fines, any day that a student walkout occurs will not count as an instructional day for purposes of meeting the district’s annual academic requirements. —Matthew Kelly april 10, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026

The strike marks the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse since the 1980s. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026