1. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] go away from a place.
Synonyms
- depart
- get out
- set forth
- vacate
- skip
- go out
- scarper
- buzz off
- exit
- pop off
- run out
- steal away
- walk out
- start
- bolt out
- take off
- head for the hills
- take to the woods
- hightail
- run
- part
- fuck off
- set off
- ride away
- rush off
- take leave
- pull out
- walk off
- sneak away
- quit
- decamp
- run away
- vamoose
- fly the coop
- bugger off
- slip away
- pull up stakes
- run off
- abandon
- go away
- scram
- get
- hightail it
- sneak out
- bunk
- empty
- bolt
- linger
- set out
- come away
- escape
- turn tail
- desert
- ride off
- beetle off
- rush away
- start out
- scat
- go forth
- break away
- sneak off
- tarry
- lam
Antonyms
- arrive
- pull in
- dress
- slip on
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Words that Rhyme with Leave
- preconceive
- misconceive
- satanjeev
- misperceive
- disbelieve
- vancleve
- tel-aviv
- maharive
- interweave
- sanjiv
- retrieve
- reprieve
- conceive
- relieve
- receive
- rajiv
- perceive
- laneve
- geneve
- deceive
- believe
- aggrieve
- stieve
- steve
- sleeve
- shreve
- shreeve
- naive
- kleve
- grieve
How do you pronounce leave?
Pronounce leave as liv.
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Example sentences of the word leave
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
I like the character the pepper pulp provides, so I leave it in.
2. Verb, base form
Your goal is to leave very light traces of white on the surface.
Quotes containing the word leave
1. Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.
- Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2. The marks humans leave are too often scars.
- John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
3. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
- Swami Vivekananda
2. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness.
Synonyms
- forsake
- desert
- jilt
- abandon
- forget
Antonyms
- go off
- disadvantage
- refrain
- leave office
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] act or be so as to become in a specified state.
Synonyms
- result
- get
- lead
Antonyms
- appear
- materialize
- materialise
- lose
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.
Synonyms
- refrain
- leave behind
- leave alone
- forbear
Antonyms
- birth
- continue
- deactivation
- finish
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] move out of or depart from.
Synonyms
- get out
- file out
- undock
- log out
- pop out
- eject
- go out
- exit
- log off
- get off
- hop out
- step out
- move
- go
- go away
- fall out
- go forth
Antonyms
- dock
- get on
- come
- file in
- enter
- pop in
- stand still
- hop on
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] have as a result or residue.
Synonyms
- result
- produce
- lead
- give rise
Antonyms
- attach
- unify
- wholly
- work
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.
Synonyms
- afford
- give
- admit
- provide
- allow
- allow for
Antonyms
- play down
- unbalance
- claim
- recede
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] remove oneself from an association with or participation in.
Synonyms
- step down
- pull up stakes
- leave office
- drop out
- change
- go away
- go forth
- quit
- resign
Antonyms
- take office
- misconception
- beginning
- join
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))
9. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] put into the care or protection of someone.
Synonyms
- reach
- give
- pass on
- turn over
- hand
- entrust
Antonyms
- idle
- integrate
- outside
- inside
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))
10. leave
verb. ['ˈliːv'] leave or give by will after one's death.
Synonyms
- impart
- devise
- give
- gift
- leave behind
- pass on
- fee-tail
- remember
- entail
- bequeath
- present
Antonyms
- add
- ebb
- malfunction
- unearned run
Etymology
- leve (Middle English (1100-1500))
- leaf (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- leven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lef (Middle English (1100-1500))