Away

/əˈweɪ/

Synonyms for "away" (142 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Adverb(6 words)

a reboursa reculonsabroad absconded absent afaragainst the grainaloof anticlockwise apart arear asideass backwardsass-backwards astern asunderat a distanceat onceback

Prefix(2 words)

ab-apo-

Noun(1 words)

absentee

Adjective(1 words)

away schedule

Strong matches (42)

backward backwards counterclockwise deleted departed directly disappeared distal distant distantly elsewhere elsewhither exotic expeditiously extinct farfar offfaraway forth forthwith

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fro gonegone awayhence hindward hindwards immediatelyin juxtapositionin reverseinstanter instantly

Adverb(9 words)

begone by distant elsewhere escape evade far forth gone

Prefix(1 words)

de-

Verb(1 words)

exited

Related words (71)

lackinglong distancelong rangelong-distance long-range lostlost to sightlost to viewmissing momentarily nearbyno longer presentno morenonattendant nonexistentnot foundnot herenot presentnow off

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omittedon one sideon the sideoutout of sightoverpast and gonepdq promptly pronto punctually quickly rearward rearwards remote remotely removed retrad rightright awayright offseparated sidelongsomewhere elsespeedily straight straightaway straightway subtracted swiftlytaken awaythence therefrom thereofto one sideto the sidevanished wanting whence widdershinswide apartwide away

Adverb(5 words)

off outwards remote scram shoo

Adjective(2 words)

outside outward

Noun(2 words)

peel offturned off lights

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

11 entries

absence condition distance exclamation interjection movement presence spacespatial relationstage direction exclamationstate

More specific

12 entries

absence begonedistant placeescape exit farawayfaraway placenot hereon vacationremote shoo unavailability

Collocations

10 entries

away fromaway from homeaway gameaway messageaway statusaway teamfar awayfaraway mountainsgo awaystay away

Derivations

2 entries

awayness remoteness

Antonyms

1 entries

home

similar

2 entries

absent inaccurate

Sample sentences

42 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You're just running away from life's problems.

Source: tatoeba (1388)

I want a boat that will take me far away from here.

Source: tatoeba (1526)

The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.

Source: tatoeba (1948)

As he sits in the dark, typing away at his computer, he hears the sound of morning birds chirping away and realizes he has been up all night - but the insomniac still refuses to sleep.

Source: tatoeba (2261)

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