parting

The word “parting” has 2 syllables: part-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈpɑːrtɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for parting?

In the thesaurus, “parting” has 213 synonyms and 80 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for parting along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for parting

abandoning
abandonment
absconding
adieu
adjourning
bailing
bailing out
beating it
bestrewing
bifurcating
bisecting
bisection
biting the dust
booking
break
breaking
breaking down
breaking up
breakup
broadcasting
buggering off
bugging off
bugging out
buying it
buying the farm
checking out
clearing off
clearing out
cleaving
closing
concluding
consuming
croaking
crossroads
cutting off
cutting out
decamping
decampment
deceasing
decomposing
decoupling
demising
departing
departure
deserting
desertion
detaching
detachment
diaspora
dichotomizing
digging out
disappearing
disassembling
disassociating
disbanding
disconnecting
disembarkation
disengaging
disentangling
disintegrating
disjoining
disjointing
dispelling
dispersing
dissecting
dissevering
dissipating
dissociating
dissolving
distancing
distributing
disuniting
divergence
diverging
dividing
division
divorcing
dropping
drying up
dying
egress
embarkation
embarkment
emigrating
emigration
ending
escaping
evacuating
evacuation
exit
exiting
exodus
expiring
fading
failing
falling
farewell
final
flatlining
fleeing
flight
flying
forking
forsaking
fractionalizing
fractionating
fracturing
fragmentating
fragmenting
fragmentizing
getting
getting off
getting out
giving up the ghost
going
going off
going out
goodbye
halving
hitting the road
insulating
isolating
kicking in
kicking off
kicking the bucket
last
leave
leave-taking
leaving
lighting out
mizzling
moving
outgo
partition
partitioning
passing away
peeling off
pegging out
perishing
popping off
predeceasing
pulling
pulling out
pulling stakes
pulling up stakes
pushing off
pushing on
quartering
quitting
ramifying
receding
relinquishment
removing
rending
resolving
retirement
retiring
retreat
retreating
rift
rifting
ripping
riving
running along
running away
rupture
rupturing
scarpering
scattering
scatting
scramming
secluding
segmenting
segregating
separating
separation
sequestering
setting out
severance
severing
skipping
snuffing it
sowing
split
split-up
splitting
spreading
starting
stepping out
striking out
subdividing
succumbing
sundering
taking a hike
taking a powder
taking a walk
taking off
tearing
trisecting
ultimate
uncoupling
unlinking
unraveling
untieing
untying
unyoking
vacating
valediction
valedictory
vamoosing
walking out
withdrawal
withdrawing

Antonyms for parting

abiding
accord
accumulating
advent
agglutinating
agreement
appearance
approach
approaching
arrival
arriving
assembling
associating
attaching
attachment
beginning
being
binding
blending
breathing
cementing
closing
closure
combination
combining
coming
coming to
connecting
connection
continuation
converging
coupling
dwelling
entrance
existing
fastening
first
flourishing
fusing
gathering
greeting
harmony
hello
hitting
ingress
introduction
introductory
joining
juncture
knitting
landing
lingering
linking
living
lodging
meeting
mingling
mixing
nearing
prospering
reaching
remaining
reunion
reviving
salutation
settling
showing up
starting
staying
sticking
subsisting
tarrying
thriving
turning up
unifying
union
uniting
unity
welcome
welding

Meanings of parting

verb
1. To leave the company of.
2. To cut hair with a parting; shed.
3. To divide in two.
4. To be divided in two or separated; shed.
5. To divide up; to share.
6. To have a part or share; to partake.
7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
8. To hold apart; to stand or intervene between.
9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion.
10. To leave; to quit.
11. To leave (an IRC channel).
noun
1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
2. A farewell, the act of departing politely.
3. The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US).
4. (founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
5. The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
6. A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7. The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
8. Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Example Sentences

The parting words of the speaker were truly inspiring.
It was a tearful parting as they said goodbye at the airport.
She waved, not wanting to make the parting feel too emotional.
Their parting was bittersweet, as they knew they’d miss each other.
After the meeting, they shared a quick parting handshake.

On this page you'll find 293 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to parting, such as: abandoning, abandonment, abiding, absconding, accord, accumulating, adieu.

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