Antonyms of adj away

3 senses of away

Sense 1
away (predicate) -- (not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away")

INDIRECT (VIA absent) -> present -- (being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation")

Sense 2
away (vs. home) -- (used of an opponent's ground; "an away game")

home(prenominal) (vs. away) -- (used of your own ground; "a home game")

Sense 3
away, outside -- ((of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch")

INDIRECT (VIA inaccurate) -> accurate -- (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale")

Similarity of adj away

3 senses of away

Sense 1
away (predicate) -- (not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away")
       => absent (vs. present) -- (not being in a specified place)

Sense 2
away (vs. home) -- (used of an opponent's ground; "an away game")

Sense 3
away, outside -- ((of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch")
       => inaccurate (vs. accurate) -- (not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate")

Synonyms of adv away

11 senses of away

Sense 1
away, off, forth -- (from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach")

Sense 2
away, out -- (from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets")

Sense 3
aside, away -- (out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away")

Sense 4
away -- (out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away")

Sense 5
off, away -- (at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century")

Sense 6
away -- (indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it")

Sense 7
away -- (so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away")

Sense 8
away -- (freely or at will; "fire away!")

Sense 9
away -- (in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away")

Sense 10
away, aside -- (in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away")

Sense 11
aside, by, away -- (in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day")

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