Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Departure (Initial motion from)

Nouns
  • departure, decession, decampment
  • embarkation
  • outset, start
  • removal
  • exit etc. (egress) [Motion out of.] Egress
  • exodus, hejira, flight. leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, sayonara, ciao, aloha
  • stirrup cup
  • valedictorian. starting point, starting post
  • point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation
  • port of embarkation
  • airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport.
Verbs
  • depart
  • go away
  • take one's departure, set out
  • set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off
  • start, issue, march out, debouch
  • go forth, sally forth
  • sally, set forward
  • be gone
  • hail from. leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon
  • go off the stage, make one's exit
  • retire, withdraw, remove
  • vamoose [Slang], vamose [U.S.]
  • go one's way, go along, go from home
  • take flight, take wing
  • spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight
  • fly away, whip away
  • embark
  • go on board, go aboard
  • set sail' put to sea, go to sea
  • sail, take ship
  • hoist blue Peter
  • get under way, weigh anchor
  • strike tents, decamp
  • walk one's chalks, cut one's stick
  • take leave
  • say good bye, bid goodbye etc. n.
  • disappear etc. Disappearance
  • abscond etc. (avoid) [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance
  • entrain
  • inspan.
Adjectives
  • departing etc. v.
  • valedictory
  • outward bound.
Adverbs
  • whence, hence, thence
  • with a foot in the stirrup
  • on the wing, on the move.
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