Away definition

Away as an adverb

1. from a particular thing or place or position (‘forth’ is obsolete)

   "ran away from the lion"

   Same sense: off, forth

2. from one's possession

   "gave away the tickets"

   Same sense: out

3. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

   "pushed all doubts away"

   Same sense: aside

4. out of existence

   "the music faded away"

5. at a distance in space or time

   "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"

   Same sense: off

6. indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

   "he worked away at the project for more than a year"

7. so as to be removed or gotten rid of

   "cleared the mess away"

8. freely or at will

   "fire away!"

9. in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

   "put the toys away"

10. in a different direction

    "turn away one's face"

    Same sense: aside

11. in reserve; not for immediate use

    "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"

    Same sense: by, aside

Away as an adjective

12. not present; having left

    "he's away right now"

13. used of an opponent's ground

    "an away game"

14. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter

    "the pitch was away (or wide)"

    Same sense: outside

Synonyms and antonyms

• off
• forth
• out
• aside
• by
• outside definition

Opposite: home.

All synonyms of away, sense by sense

How to say away

Away has 2 syllables and rhymes with they. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with away

• they
• way
• may
• day
• say
• play
• today
• pay
• stay
• re
• ok
• hey

AWAY in word games

Scrabble

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Words With Friends

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Anagrams

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