exodus
Flight of many
When capitalized, Exodus is the title of the second book of the Old Testament, which documents the legendary departure of the Jews from Egypt in ancient times.
As a common noun, exodus refers to any situation in which a lot of people leave at the same time.
An exodus might be from a war-ravaged region, or it might be from a crowded football stadium at the end of a game.
Leaving homeland permanently
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
refugee · evacuee · expatriation · brain drain · outflow · dispersion · scattering · deportation
Removal from danger
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- leavingAct of going away
- walkoutProtest by leaving
defection · abandonment · flight · stampede · outpouring · emptying · decampment · desertion
Vast collective relocation
- Trail of Tears1830s forced indigenous relocation
- WindrushLandmark immigration ship
- Dust BowlThirties prairie ecological collapse
- boat liftDevice elevating watercraft ashore
Mariel · Kindertransport · Underground Railroad · Middle Passage · repatriation · ancestral · generational · heritage
emigration
Leaving homeland permanently
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- relocationPermanent change of residence
resettlement · refugee · evacuee · expatriation · brain drain · outflow · dispersion · scattering · deportation · expulsion
evacuation
Removal from danger
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- leavingAct of going away
walkout · defection · abandonment · flight · stampede · outpouring · emptying · decampment · desertion · escape
Great Migration
Vast collective relocation
- Trail of Tears1830s forced indigenous relocation
- WindrushLandmark immigration ship
- Dust BowlThirties prairie ecological collapse
boat lift · Mariel · Kindertransport · Underground Railroad · Middle Passage · repatriation · ancestral · generational · heritage · roots
- ways outescape, leaving, departure, evacuation, fleeing
- Greek TheaterGreek tragedy, tragedy, Greek drama, comedy, Sophocles
- Greek dramacomedy, tragedy, Greek chorus, Greek theater, Greek theatre
- ancient migrationsDorian invasion, ice age migration
- travel termsnonstop, direct, airline, one-way, round-trip
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Moses
exodusinflux
Sudden large arrival
inflow · immigration · arrival · inrush · ingress
exoduscongregation
Assembled group of worshippers
gathering · assembly · convergence · ingathering · concentration
exodussettlement
Resolved dispute or colony
colonization · homecoming · return · repatriation · gathering
- mass exodusLarge-scale collective departure
- the exodusLarge-scale group departure
- urban exodusMigration away from cities
- rural exodusMass departure from countryside
- youth exodusMass departure of young people
- exodus storyNarrative of mass departure