Synonyms for away
əˈweɪaway

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1. awayadverb

   Synonyms:
   off, at bay

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. away

   Synonyms:
   far, afar, separate, detached, loose, abroad

   Antonyms:
   close, near

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. away(p)adjective

   not present; having left

   "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"

   Antonyms:
   home(a), present, accurate

2. awayadjective

   used of an opponent's ground

   "an away game"

   Synonyms:
   outside, away(p)

   Antonyms:
   accurate, home(a), present

3. away, outsideadverb

   (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter

   "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"

   Synonyms:
   outdoor(a), extraneous, remote, outside, external, out-of-door, outside(a), away(p), international

   Antonyms:
   accurate, present, home(a)

4. away, off, forthadverb

   from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)

   "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"

   Synonyms:
   off, forward, forth, out, aside, onward, by

   Antonyms:
   present, accurate, home(a)

5. away, outadverb

   from one's possession

   "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"

   Synonyms:
   out, off, forth, by, aside

   Antonyms:
   accurate, home(a), present

6. aside, awayadverb

   out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

   "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"

   Synonyms:
   out, off, forth, by, aside, apart

   Antonyms:
   present, home(a), accurate

7. awayadverb

   out of existence

   "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away"

   Synonyms:
   out, off, forth, by, aside

   Antonyms:
   accurate, present, home(a)

8. off, awayadverb

   at a distance in space or time

   "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"

   Synonyms:
   out, off, forth, by, aside

   Antonyms:
   accurate, present, home(a)

9. awayadverb

   indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

   "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"

   Synonyms:
   out, off, forth, by, aside

   Antonyms:
   accurate, home(a), present

10. awayadverb

    so as to be removed or gotten rid of

    "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"

    Synonyms:
    out, off, forth, by, aside

    Antonyms:
    home(a), accurate, present

11. awayadverb

    freely or at will

    "fire away!"

    Synonyms:
    out, off, forth, by, aside

    Antonyms:
    accurate, present, home(a)

12. awayadverb

    in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

    "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"

    Synonyms:
    out, off, forth, by, aside

    Antonyms:
    accurate, present, home(a)

13. away, asideadverb

    in a different direction

    "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"

    Synonyms:
    out, off, forth, by, aside, apart

    Antonyms:
    home(a), present, accurate

14. aside, by, awayadverb

    in reserve; not for immediate use

    "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"

    Synonyms:
    off, past, forth, out, aside, apart, by

    Antonyms:
    home(a), present, accurate

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1. awayadjective

   Synonyms:
   absent, gone, off, from home, at a distance, not present

2. awayadjective

   Synonyms:
   begone, let us go

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1. awayadverb

   Synonyms:
   hence, absent, gone, aside, off, on, uninterruptedly

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "away":

   outside, far, out, aside, distance

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1. Fernando Simon:

   Health Alerts and Emergencies are approaching the period in which perhaps, if Health Alerts and Emergencies are lucky, Health Alerts and Emergencies will turn the curve, stabilize and it'll start to go down, the models indicate that we are not very far away, but relaxing the measures prematurely would mean starting again and we have to be very careful.

2. New Jersey:

   Not only would this have a positive impact on the lives of potentially hundreds of thousands of Americans right away.

3. Trevor Noah:

   I love those players and I love how African they are and how French they are. I don’t take their French-ness away, but I don’t think you need to take their African-ness away, that is what I love about America. America is not a perfect country, but what I love about this place is that people can still celebrate their identity in their American-ness. You can go to a St. Patrick’s Day parade in America celebrating that you are Irish.

4. Nicholas Pyenson:

   They live 99 percent of their lives away from the tools of human investigation, so the question is: How are we going to be able to learn more about them?

5. Brianna Jackson:

   Unfortunately, our pilot passed away.