GOING (AWAY) Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

going (away)

verb

Definition of going (away)

present participle of go (away)

as in branching (out)

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Verb

As temperatures warm, more of Northern California’s water is set to arrive as rain instead of snow, with water running downstream instead of melting slowly into reservoirs as a stable water supply.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The Upper Basin, which includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, has tended to be more resilient as its groundwater benefits from melting snow coursing down the Rocky Mountains.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of melting

Verb

The truck drives south, then west on Highway 46 through fields of almond trees and roses, before disappearing into an industrial zone near the farming center of Wasco.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
The band works its way around the stage with drummer Lars Ulrich’s drum kits disappearing into its bowels and a different kit appearing at another vantage point.

— Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of disappearing

Verb

Instead of stopping to help Batani-Khalfani, police alleged that Cardenas continued driving, fleeing the scene of the hit-and-run crash.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Hollywood jobs have been fleeing for years for cheaper filming locales, and the restaurant industry has been shaken by mounting closures.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of fleeing

Verb

Fighting autocracy and inequality The Ford Foundation frames its new plan as its answer to rising autocracy, widening inequality, and fading public trust.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
In Brazil, Lula also faces fading support even among parts of his base as the economic backdrop looks different from the one that accompanied his first presidency.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of fading

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going (away)

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