leavers
People moving on
Leavers is the plural of leaver—someone who leaves or is leaving.
In British usage, leavers often refers specifically to students completing their final year at a school: the leavers' ball, leavers' hoodies.
In political contexts, Leavers became prominent during Brexit to describe those who voted to leave the European Union, contrasting with Remainers.
People who leave
- departersPeople who exit
- emigrantsPeople leaving their country
- expatriatesPeople living outside homeland
- quittersPeople who stop persisting
deserters · defectors · abandoners · walkers · refugees · migrants · escapees · runaways
Those abandoning allegiance
- apostatesThose who abandon belief
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
- dropoutsPeople who leave early
- withdrawersThose who take back
secessionists · disaffiliates · schismatics · renegades · breakaways · splitters · rebels · deserters
Degree recipients
- alumniFormer school members
- classGrouping by shared traits
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- sixth-formersStudents in final secondary years
finalists · seniors · year-group · classmates · valedictorians · diploma · prom · yearbook
People who quit posts
- retireesPeople finished working permanently
- redundantsThose deemed surplus
- pensionersRetired benefit recipients
- transfereesThose receiving something passed
exiters
People who leave
- departersPeople who exit
- emigrantsPeople leaving their country
- expatriatesPeople living outside homeland
quitters · deserters · defectors · abandoners · walkers · refugees · migrants · escapees · runaways · absconders
defectors
Those abandoning allegiance
- apostatesThose who abandon belief
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
- dropoutsPeople who leave early
withdrawers · secessionists · disaffiliates · schismatics · renegades · breakaways · splitters · rebels · deserters
graduates
Degree recipients
sixth-formers · finalists · seniors · year-group · classmates · valedictorians · diploma · prom · yearbook · commencement
resigners
People who quit posts
- retireesPeople finished working permanently
- redundantsThose deemed surplus
- pensionersRetired benefit recipients
transferees · job-hoppers · furloughed · laid-off · terminated
divorcees
People whose marriages ended
dumpers · abandoners · jilters · ghosts · walkaways · runaways
- Sixth Formpredicted grades, common room, free periods, mock exams, mocks
- leave me aloneDemand for solitude
- leave aloneRefrain from disturbing
- leave outFail to include
- leave behindDepart without taking
- leave homeDepart from one's residence
- take it or leave itNon-negotiable final offer