exits

Doors for leaving

Exits are ways out—doors, gates, passages that let you leave a place.

Highway exits are ramps leading off the main road.

In theater, an exit is a departure from the stage: Exit, pursued by a bear.

To exit is to leave: She exited the building, He exited the conversation gracefully.

The exit from any situation is how you get out of it.

doorway

door

Hinged room barrier

entrance · archway · opening · passageway · entryway · corridor · vestibule · foyer · hallway · frame

departure

leave

Sanctioned time away

retire · vacate · abandon · depart · decamp · flee · retreat · exodus · outflow · pullout

highway

off-ramp

Highway exit road

turnoff · offramp · lane · motorway · freeway · expressway · cloverleaf · merge · shoulder

escape

flee

Depart swiftly from threat

  • boltThreaded rod for nuts
  • flightAerial journey by aircraft
  • getawaySwift departure or retreat

breakout · elude · evade · abscond · refuge · sanctuary · hideaway · vanish · disappear · trapdoor

safety

evacuation

Removal from danger

farewell

goodbye

Departing salutation

leave-taking · send-off · adios · sayonara · ciao

Categories
Opposites
direction of movement

exitsenters

Goes into a space

comes in · goes in · arrives · walks in · steps in

presence/participation

exitsenters

Goes into a space

appears · arrives · joins · shows up · emerges

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES (noun sense)

exitsentrances

Openings for access, or beguiles

entries · entryways · doorways · inlets · access points

Phrases
Family

exit, exiting, exited

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G