Words that rhyme with tearaway
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anyway
adv 1: used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it" [syn: anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in any event] 2: in any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get it done anyway you can" [syn: anyhow, anyway] -
away
adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth] 2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: away, out] 3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: aside, away] 4: out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away" 5: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away] 6: indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it" 7: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away" 8: freely or at will; "fire away!" 9: in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away" 10: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside] 11: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by, away] adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away" 2: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: home(a)] 3: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" [syn: away, outside] -
aweigh
adj 1: (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom; "anchors aweigh" 2: (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom [syn: aweigh, atrip] -
breakaway
adj 1: having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" [syn: breakaway, fissiparous, separatist] n 1: the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away from family and neighborhood" [syn: breakaway, breaking away] -
caraway
n 1: a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed [syn: caraway, Carum carvi] 2: leaves used sparingly in soups and stews -
castaway
n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael] 2: a shipwrecked person [syn: castaway, shipwreck survivor] -
cutaway
n 1: a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts [syn: cutaway, cutaway drawing, cutaway model] 2: a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees -
flyaway
adj 1: guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls" [syn: flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained] 2: (of hair or clothing) worn loose; "her flyaway hair"; "a flyaway coat" -
foldaway
adj 1: capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed" [syn: foldable, foldaway, folding(a)] -
getaway
n 1: the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup" [syn: pickup, getaway] 2: a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam" [syn: getaway, lam] -
giveaway
n 1: a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group 2: an unintentional disclosure 3: a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards [syn: game show, giveaway] -
hideaway
n 1: a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws [syn: hideout, hideaway, den] 2: an area where you can be alone [syn: hideaway, retreat] -
motorway
n 1: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic [syn: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway] -
runaway
adj 1: completely out of control; "runaway inflation" n 1: an easy victory [syn: runaway, blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway] 2: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops" [syn: fugitive, runaway, fleer] -
stowaway
n 1: a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage -
straightaway
adv 1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot] adj 1: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway] n 1: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn: straightaway, straight] -
takeaway
n 1: prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'" [syn: takeout, takeout food, takeaway] 2: a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures 3: the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass) -
throwaway
adj 1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture" [syn: cast-off(a), discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)] 2: intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers" n 1: (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets [syn: street arab, gamin, throwaway] 2: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway] 3: words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis -
waterway
n 1: a navigable body of water 2: a conduit through which water flows [syn: watercourse, waterway] -
blase
adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly] 2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored] 3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning" -
bombay
n 1: a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India [syn: Mumbai, Bombay] -
cliche
n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide] -
galloway
n 1: a district in southwestern Scotland 2: breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland -
hathaway
n 1: wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623) [syn: Hathaway, Anne Hathaway] -
mulloway
n 1: large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre [syn: mulloway, jewfish, Sciaena antarctica] -
walkaway
n 1: an easy victory [syn: runaway, blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway] -
aye
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rollaway
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soakaway
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alloway
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carraway
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greenaway
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holloway
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huntaway
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laraway
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fadeaway
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