Thesaurus

go

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of GO

1
to move forward along a course <everything is going according to our plans>
Phrases gain ground
Antonyms remain, stand, stay, stop
2
to leave a place often for another <will go on vacation at the end of the year> <decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier>
Synonyms bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bugger off [British slang], bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), scarper [British], shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk out
Phrases beat it, hit the road, pull stakes (or pull up stakes), take a hike (also take a walk), take a powder
3
to be fitting or proper <at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes>
Synonyms befit, beseem [archaic], fit [archaic], go, serve, suit
Related Words satisfy, suffice; function, work
4
to be in agreement on every point <your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said>
Related Words equal, match, parallel; align (also aline), line up, register
Antonyms differ (from), disagree (with)
5
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction <the highway goes right along the river>
Synonyms bear, extend, go, head, lead, lie
Related Words cross, cut, pass; course, follow, span, traverse
6
to eventually have as a state or quality <she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop> <the room went dark>
Synonyms come, get, go, grow, run, turn, wax
Near Antonyms abide, be, continue, linger, remain, stay
7
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure <watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges>
Near Antonyms inflate, rise, swell
8
to have or be in a usual or proper place <these plates go in this cabinet>
Synonyms go
Related Words place, stay; fit (in)
9
to lose bodily strength or vigor <when you get old, your eyesight starts to go>
10
to make one's way through, across, or over <I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space>
Synonyms course, cover, cross, cut (across), follow, go, navigate, pass (over), perambulate, peregrinate, proceed (along), track, transit, travel
Related Words hike, traipse, tramp, tread, walk; ride, run; crisscross
11
to occur within a continuous range of variation <selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million>
Synonyms go, range, vary
12
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event <to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round>
Synonyms gamble, go, lay, play, put, stake, wager
13
chiefly Southern & Midland  to have in mind as a purpose or goal <I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off>
Synonyms aim, allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], aspire, calculate, contemplate, design, go [chiefly Southern & Midland], look, mean, meditate, plan, propose, purport, purpose
14
to come to an end <we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went>
Related Words desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from); give over [British], knock off, pack (up or in); break down, conk (out), cut out, stall; pause, stay, suspend; abate, peter (out), wind down
Near Antonyms draw out, extend, prolong, protract
15
to have enough money for <I think I can go for the new car after all>
Synonyms go, swing
16
to put up with (something painful or difficult) <I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute>
Related Words allow, permit, suffer, swallow; reconcile (to); acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)
17
to stop living <her grandmother went peacefully last night>
Antonyms breathe, live
18
to turn out as planned or desired <we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out>

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