Synonyms of go
120 similar words · 11 opposite words
Another word for go is move. Other synonyms of go are fare, cross, tread and become. The opposite of go is stay.
Synonyms and similar words for go
verbTo move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as...
- moveTo change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
- fareTo happen or occur (in a certain way).
- treadTo go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
- drawTo cause (someone or something) to go from one place to another, or from one condition to another.
- drift
- wendTo turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
- crossTo go from one side of (something) to the other.
verbTo leave; to move away.
- departTo go away from; to leave.
- leaveTo depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
- exitTo go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
- go awayTo go to prison to be incarcerated.
- go outTo leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
verbTo work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
verbTo take a turn, especially in a game.
- make one's move
- take one’s turn
verbTo become (often used with colors and negative states).
- becomeBegin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).
- getTo become, or cause oneself to become (often with temporary states, past participle adjectives and comparatives).
- turnTo become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
- comeTo become, to turn out to be (often in set phrases and certain collocations).
- fallTo become (chiefly used with negative states).
- growTo assume a condition or quality over time.
- waxTo increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
verbTo end or disappear. (Compare go away.).
verbTo die.
- assume room temperature slangTo die; to be killed.
- auger in euphemisticTo crash catastrophically into the ground.
- be called home euphemistic
- be like the the One euphemistic
- be no more
- be with Jesus
- be with the Lord
- bite the big one euphemistic
- bite the biscuit euphemistic
- bite the dust euphemistic
- buy the farm euphemisticTo die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.
- buy it euphemistic
- cark itTo die.
- cash in euphemistic
- cash in one's chips euphemistic
- check out euphemistic
- close one's eyes for the last timeTo die; to pass away.
- code
- conk out euphemistic
- croak euphemistic
- cross over
- cross the Great Divide euphemistic
- cross the StyxTo die.
- darken euphemistic
- decease
- decompose
- dematerialize euphemistic
- disincarnate
- draw one's last breathTo die.
- drop off the hooks euphemisticTo die.
- expire
- fall off the twig euphemisticSynonym of die.
- flatline
- give one's all euphemistic
- give up the ghost
- go for a burton euphemistic
- go over to the majority euphemisticTo die.
- go the way of all flesh euphemisticTo die; to follow a course leading to death or extinction.
- go the way of the dinosaurs euphemisticTo go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to become a thing of the past.
- go the way of the dodo euphemisticTo go extinct or become obsolete or defunct; to fall out of common practice or use; to become a thing of the past.
- go the way of the dodo bird euphemistic
- go to glory euphemistic
- go to one's reward euphemistic
- go west euphemisticUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, west.
- hand in one's checks euphemistic
- hand in one's dinner pail euphemisticTo die.
- hop the twig euphemistic
- join the choir invisibleTo die.
- keel over euphemistic
- kick the bucket euphemistic
- kick off euphemistic
- knock off euphemistic
- liquidate euphemisticOf a corporation, partnership, or other business: to settle financial affairs with the aim of ceasing operations; to go...
- lose the number of one's mess euphemisticTo die, to perish.
- meet one's doomTo die.
- meet one's endTo die.
- meet one's makerTo die or to pass into the afterlife.
- pass euphemisticTo move or be moved from one place to another.
- pass away euphemistic
- pass in one's checks euphemisticTo die.
- pass in one's marble euphemistic
- pass onTo go forward.
- pass over
- pass the river euphemisticTo die.
- pay nature's debt euphemisticSynonym of pay the debt of nature (“to die”).
- pay the debt of nature euphemisticTo die.
- peg out euphemistic
- perish
- pop off euphemistic
- pop one's clogs euphemisticTo die.
- push up daisies euphemisticTo be dead.
- shuffle off this mortal coil euphemisticTo die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.
- slip away euphemistic
- snuff it euphemisticTo die.
- succumb euphemistic
- take a dirt nap euphemisticTo die.
- turn up one's toes euphemisticTo die.
- yield up the ghostFor a person, to die.
- be gathered to one's fathers dated, euphemisticTo be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.
- forfare archaicTo go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.
- sink archaic, euphemistic
- sleep with one's fathers dated, literaryTo be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead.
verbTo collapse or give way, to break apart.
verbTo be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
verbTo belong (somewhere).
- belongTo have its proper place.
Opposite of go
verbTo move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as...
verbTo leave; to move away.
verbTo end or disappear. (Compare go away.).
verbTo be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
Meaning of go
- verb To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.).
- verb To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.).
- verb To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc.).
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Questions about synonyms of go
- What is another word for go?
- Go has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as move, fare, cross, tread and become.
- What is the opposite of go?
- The opposite of go is stay. Other antonyms of go are stop and remain.
- What does go mean?
- Go means to move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.).
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