Away
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English
Adverb
Away (not comparable)
- From a place, hence.
- He went away on vacation
- Aside; off; in another direction.
- From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
- By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
- On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
- Without restraint.
- You've got questions? Ask away!
- At a distance in time or space
Adjective
Away (not comparable)
- Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
- The master is away from home.
- Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.
- (following the noun modified) At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
- He's miles away by now.
- Spring is still a month away.
- (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
- Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
- (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
- Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
Synonyms for Away
Antonyms for Away
near by , close, present, here.
Thesaurus
a rebours; a reculons; absconded; absent; afar; against the grain; aloof; anticlockwise; apart; arear; aside; ass-backwards; astern; asunder; at a distance; at once; back; backward; backwards; counterclockwise; deleted; departed; directly; disappeared; distal; distant; distantly; elsewhere; elsewhither; exotic; expeditiously; extinct; far; far off; faraway; forth; forthwith; fro; gone; gone away; hence; hindward; hindwards; immediately; in juxtaposition; in reverse; instanter; instantly; lacking; long-distance; long-range; lost; lost to sight; lost to view; missing; momentarily; nearby; no longer present; no more; nonattendant; nonexistent; not found; not here; not present; now; off; omitted; on one side; on the side; out; out of sight; over; past and gone; promptly; pronto; punctually; quickly; rearward; rearwards; remote; remotely; removed; retrad; right; right away; right off; separated; sidelong; somewhere else; speedily; straight; straightway; subtracted; swiftly; taken away; thence; therefrom; thereof; to one side; to the side; vanished; wanting; whence; widdershins; wide apart; wide away
