DEPART: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEPART?

Need another word that means the same as “depart”? Find 42 synonyms and 30 related words for “depart” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Depart” are: go, go away, leave, pull up stakes, digress, sidetrack, straggle, quit, take leave, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off, deviate, diverge, vary, go off, take one's leave, take oneself off, withdraw, absent oneself, say one's goodbyes, make an exit, exit, break camp, decamp, retreat, beat a retreat, retire, drift, stray, slew, veer, swerve, turn away, turn aside, branch off, differ, be different

Depart as a Verb

Definitions of "Depart" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “depart” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Deviate from (an accepted, prescribed, or usual course of action.
• Move away from a place into another direction.
• Leave (one's job.
• Leave.
• Leave, especially in order to start a journey.
• Remove oneself from an association with or participation in.
• Be at variance with; be out of line with.
• Go away or leave.
• Wander from a direct or straight course.

Synonyms of "Depart" as a verb (42 Words)

absent oneself	Go away or leave.
be different	Have an existence, be extant.
beat a retreat	Move with a flapping motion.
branch off	Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures.
break camp	Happen.
decamp	Leave a place suddenly or secretly. The hikers decamped before dawn.
deviate	Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course. The river was deviated to prevent flooding.
differ	Be different. He differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters.
digress	Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. Don t digress when you give a lecture.
diverge	Be at variance with; be out of line with. The coverage by the columnists diverged from that in the main news stories.
drift	(of a person or their attention) digress or stray to another subject. Drift the boats downstream.
exit	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. Organizations which do not have freedom to exit from unprofitable markets.
go	Go through in search of something search through someone s belongings in an unauthorized way. Ready steady go.
go away	Be abolished or discarded.
go off	Make a certain noise or sound.
leave	Go and leave behind either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness. Leave your name and address here.
make an exit	Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.
part	Come apart. At that moment the mist parted.
pull up stakes	Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.
quit	Resign from (a job. Hippies finally quit two sites in Hampshire last night.
retire	Make someone retire. She finally retired that old coat.
retreat	Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer.
say one's goodbyes	Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.
set forth	Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.
set off	Fix conclusively or authoritatively.
set out	Become gelatinous.
sidetrack	Divert (a well or borehole) to reach a productive deposit or to avoid an obstruction. The train is sidetracked on to a line leading to a terminal.
slew	Of an electronic device undergo slewing. He slewed the aircraft round before it settled on the runway.
start	Give a signal to competitors to start in a race. I start my day with a good breakfast.
start out	Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job.
straggle	(of an irregular group of people) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front. The children straggled behind them.
stray	(of the eyes or a hand) move idly or casually. Men who stray are seen as more exciting and desirable.
swerve	Change or cause to change direction abruptly. A lorry swerved across her path.
take leave	Assume, as of positions or roles.
take off	Carry out.
take one's leave	Engage for service under a term of contract.
take oneself off	Admit into a group or community.
turn aside	Channel one’s attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something.
turn away	Have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to.
vary	Change from one condition, form, or state to another. His moods vary depending on the weather.
veer	Suddenly change an opinion, subject, type of behaviour, etc. The conversation eventually veered away from theatrical things.
withdraw	Withdraw from active participation. It put me off taking the Pill my partner now withdraws.

Usage Examples of "Depart" as a verb

• The train departs at noon.
• A contingent was departing from Cairo.
• They departed for Germany.
• He departed from the precedent set by many.
• He will soon depart his post as high commissioner to Britain.

Associations of "Depart" (30 Words)

abroad	In different directions; over a wide area. There is a new buccaneering spirit abroad.
abscission	The act of cutting something off. Abscission layer.
abscond	Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. The accountant absconded with the cash from the safe.
absence	The state of being absent. He visited during my absence.
airport	Relating to or denoting light popular fiction such as is offered for sale to travellers in airports. An airport thriller.
astray	Away from the correct path or direction. He was led astray by boozy colleagues.
away	Out of the way especially away from one s thoughts. Marie felt her distress ebbing away.
barbarian	Relating to ancient barbarians. You arrogant barbarian.
bereavement	State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one. The family suffered a sad bereavement.
decamp	Leave a place suddenly or secretly. Now he has decamped to Hollywood.
departure	A deviation from an accepted, prescribed, or usual course of action. The album is not a radical departure from the band s previous work.
egress	A way out. They d egress the area by heading south west.
embark	Go on board a ship or aircraft. She embarked on a new career.
emigrate	Leave one’s own country in order to settle permanently in another. Rose s parents emigrated to Australia.
exclude	Put out or expel from a place. One cannot exclude the possibility of a fall in house prices.
exhale	Expel air. The chimney exhales a thick smoke.
exit	The act of going out. Queues of vehicles tried to exit the airfield.
far	At, to, or by a great distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing is distant from another. He had not travelled far.
footloose	(of a commercial, industrial, or financial operation) unrestricted in its location or field of operations and able to respond to fluctuations in the market. Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on.
go	Go through in search of something search through someone s belongings in an unauthorized way. I heard the buzzer go four times.
going	Euphemistic expressions for death. An opportunity to get out while the going is good.
immigrant	A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. He s a recent immigrant to the US from Germany.
international	Any of several international socialist organizations. Large international hotels.
leave	Leave behind unintentionally. Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind.
leaving	The act of departing.
out	Outside or external. They would be out on bail in no time.
overseas	In a place across an ocean. Overseas markets.
start	The act of starting something. It s quite expensive starting from 800 for the most basic model.
stray	An animal that has strayed especially a domestic animal. A stray dog.
travel	Of a device sufficiently compact for use while travelling. Two proximity switches detect when the valve has reached the end of its travel.