Antonyms of verb enter

2 of 9 senses of enter

Sense 1
enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into -- (to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes")
       Antonym of exit (Sense 1)
      => exit, go out, get out, leave -- (move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country")

Sense 2
enter, participate -- (become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations")
       Antonym of drop out (Sense 1)
      => drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge -- (give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb enter

9 senses of enter

Sense 1
enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into -- (to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes")
          Phrasal Verb-> enter upon#1

Sense 2
enter, participate -- (become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations")

Sense 3
enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit -- (register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members")
       => register -- (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)

Sense 4
figure, enter -- (be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 5
record, enter, put down -- (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
       => save, preserve -- (to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer")

Sense 6
enter -- (come on stage)

Sense 7
accede, enter -- (take on duties or office; "accede to the throne")
       => succeed, come after, follow -- (be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?")
       => take office -- (assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?")

Sense 8
insert, infix, enter, introduce -- (put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text")
       => attach -- (cause to be attached)

Sense 9
embark, enter -- (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career")
       => get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now")

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