Thesaurus:leave
English
Verb
Sense: to depart; to separate from
Synonyms
- beat it (idiomatic)
- bug off
- bugger off (idiomatic, Commonwealth, vulgar)
- book [⇒ thesaurus]
- bounce (slang)
- buzz off
- chuck (South Africa, slang)
- cut one's stick (idiomatic)
- dash [⇒ thesaurus]
- depart
- duck out
- exit
- get away
- get out
- go
- go away [⇒ thesaurus]
- go out
- GTFO (vulgar)
- leave
- make tracks (idiomatic)
- move on
- namous (obsolete, thieves' cant)
- part [⇒ thesaurus]
- piss off (idiomatic, Commonwealth, vulgar)
- pull up stakes
- put out
- start
- start out
- set forth
- set off
- set out
- remove [⇒ thesaurus] (now rare)
- run along
- sling one's hook (idiomatic)
- split [⇒ thesaurus]
- take off
- take leave
- take one's leave
- take wing
- quit [⇒ thesaurus]
Antonyms
Hyponyms
See also
- Thesaurus:go away (interjection)
Further reading
- “leave” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.