Synonyms for drop out
drop out

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the spongeverb

   give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

   "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

   Synonyms:
   spare, leave office, allow, abandon, forfeit, vacate, release, put in, give up, resign, forgo, kick, throw in, come in, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, throw overboard, dispense with, step down, cede, depart, stop, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, inject, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, discontinue, free, drop by the wayside, interpose, take leave, forego, interject, quit, foreswear

   Antonyms:
   enter, participate

2. drop outverb

   withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values

   "She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California"

   Synonyms:
   drop by the wayside, fall by the wayside, chuck up the sponge, quit, give up, throw in the towel, throw in

   Antonyms:
   participate, enter

3. drop outverb

   leave school or an educational program prematurely

   "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"

   Synonyms:
   drop by the wayside, fall by the wayside, chuck up the sponge, quit, give up, throw in the towel, throw in

   Antonyms:
   enter, participate

Matched Categories

1. • Leave
   • Retire

How to pronounce drop out?

How to say drop out in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use drop out in a sentence?

1. Palmetto Ridge:

   I've never seen them so happy. The mood at Palmetto Ridge is in contrast to some other bands and performers who are refusing to attend for political reasons. Not one Washington, D.C., high school marching band will be in Trump’s Inauguration Day parade, the first time that has happened in six inaugurations. There are also online petitions gathering signatures to urge some marching bands to drop out, like the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s and the Talladega College Band in Alabama. I don't look at it as a political issue.

2. Jean Guerrero:

   Hell, I was on the Jay Leno Show about the book, and the LA Times couldn't care less, by any standards, I'm a success story, come from the inner city … I defy anybody to follow my father's past: eighth grade drop out, buying a house that cost $600,000 by working two jobs. You could never do it. They don't care about that, but they care about calling me a sellout, and Uncle Tom, and Jean Guerrero and the LA Times should be ashamed of themselves.

3. Kevin Nguyen:

   I think it’s important to know how retention rate is kind of measured, as well as how to keep retention rate at the University of Arizona because I do know that after the first year of college or second year of college even, a lot of students drop out because either it’s too much work or it’s too hard.

4. Larry Sabato:

   Politically this is a smart move by Cruz. While no one can know for sure, there is a fair to good chance Trump will drop out or cease active campaigning at some point, who will inherit Trump's backers? Certainly not Jeb Bush. And Trump has criticized others by name, too.

5. Dan Gainor:

   The best thing he can do is drop out of sight for a bit. If Trump wins, it will go hard on him, if he loses, media will let Billy do penance by embracing a few liberal causes and doing the equivalent of going through reeducation.