Synonyms for depart
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Pass
go, go away, go off, pass, decamp, abscond, exit, perish, decease, pass on, disappear, vanish, expire, sink, succumb, fade, croak, dematerialize UK US, dematerialise UK, sod off vulgar informal UK IE, absquatulate slang
2. Deviate — to deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform
deviate, vary, diverge, digress, wander, swerve, stray, straggle
3. Set forth
start, set out, start out, part, get, set forth, split, bugger off vulgar informal UK IE
4. Abandon
Definitions
- v. 1
To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
to depart from a title or defence in legal pleading
- v. 2
To leave.
- v. 3
To set out on a journey.
- v. 4
To die.
Forms
- Past participle
- departed
e.g. departed → passed, decamped, absconded, exited…
Example sentences
- perish If a mouse only has one hole, it will soon perish.
- deviate Do not deviate from the standard operating procedure.
- diverge The roads diverge up ahead; take the left one.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| depart | steady | |
| perish | rising | |
| decamp | rising | |
| abscond | rising | |
| deviate | steady | |
| diverge | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 3 letters
- get1, die1
- 4 letters
- part1, pass1, quit1, exit2, sink1, vary2, fade1, flee1
- 5 letters
- start1, leave1, split1, stray1, croak1
- 6 letters
- retire2, wander2, expire2, vanish2, perish2, swerve1, egress2, decamp2
- 7 letters
- abandon3, succumb2, deviate3, diverge2, digress2, abscond2, decease2
- 8 letters
- withdraw2, straggle2
- 9 letters
- disappear3
- 12 letters
- absquatulate
- 13 letters
- dematerialize, dematerialise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exit2 = 2 syllables).