away from

ADJECTIVE

outside

Synonyms

STRONGEST

farther foreign out

STRONG

alfresco alien exterior extreme outdoor over surface

WEAK

apart from extramural extraneous farthest furthest open-air outer outermost outward

Antonyms

STRONG

central interior middle

WEAK

certain definite good inside internal likely sure

ADVERB

beyond

Synonyms

WEAK

above after ahead apart from as well as at a distance before behind besides beyond the bounds clear of farther free of good way off hyper in addition to in advance of long way off more remote moreover on the far side on the other side out of range out of reach outside over over and above over there past remote superior to without yonder

Antonyms

STRONG

close here nearby within reach

WEAK

near

ADVERB

off

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead aside below elsewhere far out over

STRONG

absent disappearing removed vanishing

WEAK

above afar behind beneath beside divergent farther away gone away in the distance not here to one side turning aside up front

Antonyms

WEAK

close here present

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

about appertaining to appropriate to as concerns as regards attributed to based on belonging to characterized by coming from concerning connected with consisting of containing epithetical going from in reference to in regard to like made from out from out of peculiar to pertaining to proceeding from referring to regarding related to showing

Example Sentences

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It will mark the first time since Queen Victoria's reign that a monarch has chosen to reside away from Buckingham Palace.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

The jokey tone, a universe away from the solemnity of Zack Snyder’s Superman films with Henry Cavill, would be more effective if it were actually funny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Bayer CEO Bill Anderson said that that the settlement proposal “doesn’t take away from the truth, a truth that scientists and regulators around the planet continue to uphold, that glyphosate is safe and essential.”

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Colombia’s similarly doesn’t shy away from how violent its fight for independence was, but takes solace that “in furrows of pain/good now germinates.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Others, wanting food and drink, shrug, turning either left or right on the wooden walk, away from the mysterious man.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

away from

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