bail out

The phrase “bail out” has 2 syllables: bail out

It's pronounced as /beɪl aʊt/


What is synonym and antonym for bail out?

In the thesaurus, “bail out” has 79 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for bail out

  • abandon
  • abscond
  • adjourn
  • aid
  • bail
  • beat it
  • begone
  • book
  • bring off
  • bug off
  • bug out
  • bugger off
  • clear off
  • clear out
  • cut out
  • decamp
  • deliver
  • depart
  • desert
  • dig out
  • disentangle
  • emancipate
  • emigrate
  • escape
  • evacuate
  • exit
  • extricate
  • flee
  • fly
  • forsake
  • free
  • get
  • get off
  • get out
  • go
  • go off
  • go out
  • hit the road
  • liberate
  • light out
  • manumit
  • mizzle
  • move
  • part
  • peel off
  • pull out
  • pull stakes
  • pull up stakes
  • push off
  • push on
  • quit
  • recover
  • release
  • relieve
  • remove
  • rescue
  • retire
  • retreat
  • run along
  • run away
  • salvage
  • save
  • scarper
  • scat
  • scram
  • set out
  • skip
  • spring
  • start
  • step out
  • strike out
  • take a hike
  • take a powder
  • take a walk
  • take off
  • vacate
  • vamoose
  • walk out
  • withdraw

Antonyms for bail out

  • abide
  • adventure
  • approach
  • arrive
  • close
  • come
  • compromise
  • dwell
  • endanger
  • harm
  • hazard
  • hit
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • imperil
  • injure
  • jeopardize
  • land
  • lodge
  • near
  • peril
  • reach
  • refuse
  • remain
  • risk
  • settle
  • show up
  • stay
  • tarry
  • turn up
  • venture

Meanings of bail out

  • verb
    1. To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
    2. To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
    3. To rescue, especially financially.
    4. (with of) To exit an aircraft while in flight.
    5. (with of) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable.
    6. (with of) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc.
    7. (with of) To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.

Example Sentences

  • The government decided to bail out the struggling airline to prevent its collapse.
  • Despite financial difficulties, the company managed to secure a loan to bail out its operations.
  • He had to bail out of the project halfway through due to unforeseen circumstances.
  • The lifeboat was sent to bail out the fishermen whose boat was taking on water.
  • The entrepreneur sought investors to bail out her failing startup.

On this page you'll find 110 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bail out, such as: abandon, abide, abscond, adjourn, adventure, aid, approach.

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abet

  • activate
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • aid
  • assist
  • attend
  • back
  • backstop
  • bail out
  • bear a hand
  • benefit
  • bolster
  • boost
  • brew
  • buttress
  • champion
  • comfort
  • condone
  • counsel
  • cultivate
  • deliver
  • detonate
  • ease
  • egg on
  • embolden
  • encourage
  • endorse
  • energize
  • enflame
  • enliven
  • excite
  • facilitate
  • favor
  • ferment
  • fire
  • foment
  • forward
  • foster
  • further
  • galvanize
  • goad
  • guide
  • hearten
  • help
  • incite
  • indorse
  • inflame
  • inspire
  • instigate
  • invigorate
  • launch
  • mentor
  • motivate
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • oblige
  • patronize
  • pick
  • prod
  • profit
  • promote
  • provoke
  • quicken
  • raise
  • reenforce
  • reinforce
  • rescue
  • rouse
  • sanction
  • save
  • serve
  • set
  • set in motion
  • set off
  • sow
  • sponsor
  • spur
  • stimulate
  • succor
  • support
  • sustain
  • to stand one in good stead
  • trigger
  • urge
  • vitalize

absent oneself

  • abjure
  • back out
  • bail out
  • blow
  • blow off
  • book
  • bow out
  • check out
  • cut
  • decamp
  • deny oneself
  • depart
  • detach
  • disengage
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • drop out
  • ease out
  • ebb
  • eliminate
  • exfiltrate
  • exit
  • extract
  • fall back
  • get away
  • get lost
  • get off
  • give ground
  • give up work
  • give way
  • go
  • go away
  • go to bed
  • go to sleep
  • hand over
  • hit the sack
  • ignore
  • keep aloof
  • keep apart
  • leave
  • leave service
  • make oneself scarce
  • make vacant
  • miss
  • neglect
  • part
  • pass over
  • pension
  • phase out
  • play hooky
  • pull back
  • pull out
  • put out to pasture
  • quail
  • quit
  • recede
  • recoil
  • regress
  • relinquish
  • remove
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • resign
  • retire
  • retreat
  • revoke
  • run along
  • rusticate
  • secede
  • seclude oneself
  • separate
  • sever connections
  • shrink
  • skip
  • stop working
  • surrender
  • switch
  • take a hike
  • take away
  • take leave
  • take off
  • take out
  • turn in
  • vacate
  • withdraw
  • yield

back

  • aback
  • abaft
  • abet
  • abide by
  • about
  • across
  • adopt
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • affirm
  • aft
  • after
  • ago
  • agone
  • aid
  • ally
  • angel
  • anticlockwise
  • around
  • assist
  • astern
  • athwart
  • attend
  • avouch
  • back end
  • back of
  • backside
  • backstop
  • backtrack
  • backward
  • backwards
  • bail out
  • bankroll
  • bear a hand
  • behind
  • benefit
  • bolster
  • boost
  • buttress
  • champion
  • chink
  • comfort
  • confirm
  • corroborate
  • counsel
  • countenance
  • counter
  • counterclockwise
  • delayed
  • deliver
  • dorsal
  • down
  • downfall
  • downward
  • downwards
  • drive back
  • ease
  • elapsed
  • embolden
  • embrace
  • encourage
  • endorse
  • espouse
  • establish
  • extremity
  • facilitate
  • fall back
  • far end
  • favor
  • final
  • finance
  • following
  • former
  • forward
  • foster
  • further
  • give a boost
  • give a leg up
  • give a lift
  • go in for
  • go to bat for
  • grubstake
  • guide
  • hamartia
  • hearten
  • help
  • hind
  • hinder
  • hindmost
  • hindpart
  • hindquarters
  • hold a brief for
  • in the wake of
  • indorse
  • jugular
  • launch
  • left-handed
  • left-handedly
  • mentor
  • nurture
  • oblige
  • obversely
  • overdue
  • past
  • patronize
  • plug
  • posterior
  • preach
  • previous
  • profit
  • promote
  • prove
  • rear
  • rearmost
  • rearward
  • rearwards
  • recede
  • reenforce
  • regress
  • reinforce
  • repel
  • repulse
  • rescue
  • retire
  • retract
  • retreat
  • retrograde
  • reverse
  • reversely
  • round
  • ruin
  • sanction
  • save
  • second
  • serve
  • side with
  • since
  • soft spot
  • sponsor
  • stake
  • stand behind
  • stand up for
  • stern
  • sternforemost
  • stick by
  • stick up for
  • subsidize
  • substantiate
  • succor
  • support
  • sustain
  • syne
  • tail
  • tail end
  • tailpiece
  • talk up
  • to stand one in good stead
  • tragic flaw
  • turn tail
  • underbelly
  • underwrite
  • undoing
  • uphold
  • validate
  • verify
  • widdershins
  • withdraw
  • withershins

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