out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of OUT

to become known <the truth will out eventually>

Synonyms break, circulate, come out, get about, get around, get round, leak (out), out, spread

Related Words develop, transpire, unfold; disclose, reveal, spill, tell

Near Antonyms hush (up), suppress; conceal, disguise, hide, mask; secrete

to drive or force out <before moving in, we outed all the furry little creatures who had settled in the cabin over the winter>

Synonyms banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British], turn out

Related Words deforce, deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut out; ax (or axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate

Near Antonyms accept, admit, receive, take, take in; welcome; entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter

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