Synonyms of walking out

walking out 1 of 2

noun

as in departure

the act of leaving a place

your unexplained walking out like that was rude

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

walking out

2 of 2

verb

present participle of walk out

1

as in exiting

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in striking

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

• striking
• walking
• sitting in
• locking out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of walking out

Verb

On the one hand, the journalist’s role is to gather information, and so walking out or not covering news events poses a difficult conundrum. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026

In France, high schoolers have been walking out since mid-September over teacher shortages, classrooms that sometimes top 40 students. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

With clients walking out and a competitor putting the agency’s standing at risk, the siblings scramble to save both their income and what their mother built. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

The table furthest to the left (when walking out of the main dining room) is the crown jewel. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026

Police say surveillance video showed Acosta going behind the counter, taking money from the register as well as taking Shuler's belongings before walking out of the store. — Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Consider Erika, in Weimar, walking out of a lecture hall, unable to bear yet another speech by her famous father. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Jackson, holding a laptop, appeared briefly on a neighbor’s surveillance camera before walking out of the frame. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Officers encountered Spencer walking out of the property and arrested him on suspicion of burglary, the department told Fox News Digital. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026