go away

1. 1.

   move away from a place into another direction

   “Go away before I start to cry”

   “The train departs at noon”

   Synonymsgodepart

   Broaderexit

   Narrowershove off
2. 2.

   go away from a place

   “At what time does your train leave?”

   “She didn't leave until midnight”

   “The ship leaves at midnight”

   Synonymsleavego forth

   Narrowergo outdesertdepartpop offwalk offwalk outcome awaydecampscramrun off
3. 3.

   become invisible or unnoticeable

   “The effect vanished when day broke”

   Synonymsvanishdisappear

   Broaderend

   Narrowerdematerializeclearbob under
4. 4.

   get lost, as without warning or explanation

   “He disappeared without a trace”

   Synonymsdisappearvanish

   Narrowerfall offfalldiegoabsentevanescefadeskip towndie outdesorb

Questions about go away

What does go away mean?

go away means "move away from a place into another direction". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for go away?

Close synonyms include go, depart, leave, go forth, vanish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is go away a common word?

go away is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.