Synonyms of stepping out

stepping out

verb

present participle of step out

1

as in screwing around

to be sexually unfaithful

if she catches him stepping out on her, she'll divorce him without a moment's hesitation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• screwing around
• cheating
• playing (around)
• fooling around
• philandering
• catting (around)
• sleeping
• making out
• tomcatting (around)
• mating
• fornicating
• womanizing
• coupling
• lying
• copulating
• lusting

2

as in dying

to stop living

my greedy relatives are only being nice to me because they expect me to step out any time now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dying
• passing (on)
• falling
• checking out
• passing away
• buying it
• popping off
• perishing
• kicking in
• kicking off
• pegging out
• departing
• snuffing it
• ending
• kicking the bucket
• buying the farm
• giving up the ghost
• biting the dust
• exiting
• conking (out)
• going
• expiring
• succumbing
• disappearing
• parting
• fading
• dropping
• croaking
• demising
• drying up
• deceasing
• flatlining
• failing
• consuming
• predeceasing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming to
• living
• breathing
• existing
• reviving
• being
• lingering
• flourishing
• subsisting
• thriving
• prospering

3

as in mixing

to take part in social activities

waited until a year after her husband's death before stepping out again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mixing
• mingling
• going out
• rubbing shoulders
• rubbing elbows
• associating
• socializing
• partying
• fraternizing
• reveling
• hobnobbing
• revelling
• circulating
• carousing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• eschewing
• shunning
• slighting
• snubbing