away from

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outside adj.
beyond adv.
off adv.
of prep.

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

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away from

Palace are likely to, at the very least, listen to offers for Mateta, who - by his actions - has indicated he views his future away from Selhurst Park.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Run in Málaga “I run 8 kilometers by the harbor, or at a gym if I’m away from home.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

As one of these clusters travels around its host galaxy, the galaxy's gravitational pull can slowly strip stars away from it.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

There’s also an immense amount of drama to the sport; leaning into that truly transports the student away from a club experience and into a kind of delicious, LARP-y fugue state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Sure, it’s all Cherokee Nation, but that’s an hour and a half to two hours away from Trey, if you drive, which I don’t.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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