Opposite word to arrive

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1. arriveverb

   Antonyms:
   depart

2. arriveverb

   Antonyms:
   depart

3. arriveverb

   We arrived and booked in.

   Antonyms:
   depart

4. arriveverb

   He had finally arrived on Broadway.

   Antonyms:
   depart

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. arrive

   To reach, in the sense here considered, is to come to by motion or progress. Attain is now oftenest used of abstract relations; as, to attain success. When applied to concrete matters, it commonly signifies the overcoming of hindrance and difficulty; as, the storm-beaten ship at length attained the harbor. Come is the general word for moving to or toward the place where the speaker or writer is or supposes himself to be. To reach is to come to from a distance that is actually or relatively considerable; to stretch the journey, so to speak, across the distance, as, in its original meaning, one reaches an object by stretching out the hand. To gain is to reach or attain something eagerly sought; the wearied swimmer reaches or gains the shore. One comes in from his garden; he reaches home from a journey. To arrive is to come to a destination, to reach a point intended or proposed. The European steamer arrives in port, or reaches the harbor; the dismantled wreck drifts ashore, or comes to land. Compare ATTAIN.

   Antonyms:
   depart, embark, go, go away, leave, set out, set sail, start, weigh anchor

   Synonyms:
   attain, come to, enter, gain, get to, land, reach

Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. arrive, get, comeverb

   reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

   «She arrived home at 7 o’clock»; «She didn’t get to Chicago until after midnight»

   Antonyms:
   go forth, go away, leave

   Synonyms:
   take, come in, mystify, make, number, come up, experience, develop, draw, stupefy, have, occur, become, sustain, total, receive, scram, add up, do, amaze, stimulate, sire, descend, drive, engender, go, fix, pay back, get under one’s skin, suffer, stick, set about, get down, derive, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, amount, dumbfound, beat, issue forth, make out, arrest, fetch, bring, bewilder, go far, mother, father, buzz off, catch, let, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, generate, capture, find, baffle, produce, follow, start out, pose, vex, aim, induce, perplex, make it, gravel, begin, start, hail, commence, fall, set out, convey, acquire, come, get in, pay off, bugger off, cause, fare, get along, nonplus

2. arrive, make it, get in, go farverb

   succeed in a big way; get to the top

   «After he published his book, he had arrived»; «I don’t know whether I can make it in science!»; «You will go far, my boy!»

   Antonyms:
   leave, go forth, go away

   Synonyms:
   go into, enter, go far, get into, go in, go deep, move in, pull in, come through, pull round, get, pull through, come, come in, pass, move into, survive, get in, make it, draw in

How to use arrive in a sentence?

1. Jenny Drake:

   It was just really emotional. It was a huge relief to arrive safely, we are just so grateful to everyone who helped and are thankful she is doing well.

2. Paulo Henrique Fraccaro:

   There will not be any shortage of syringes for the vaccines that will arrive in the country.

3. Mike Dutko:

   I urge people to slow down before they arrive at strong conclusions, we need to see the rest of the everything.

4. Twenty Wu:

   I arrive home at around 11 p.m. on workdays and just go straight to bed with no time or energy for entertainment or study.

5. Rudyard Kipling:

   For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions — largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.

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