All furlough synonyms
fur·lough
F f noun furlough
- leave of absence — permission to be absent from duty, employment, service, etc.; leave.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- layoff — the act of dismissing employees, especially temporarily.
- liberty — freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- absence — Someone's absence from a place is the fact that they are not there.
- vacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- holiday — Billie ("Lady Day") 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.
- shutdown — a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
verb furlough
- turn away — move further from sth, sb
- show someone the door — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- defrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of defrock.
- let out — (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- washed out — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- defrock — If a priest is defrocked, he is forced to stop being a priest because of bad behaviour.
- unfrock — to deprive (a monk, priest, minister, etc.) of ecclesiastical rank, authority, and function; depose.
- deselect — (of a constituency organization) to refuse to select (an existing MP) for re-election
- boot out — If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it.
- disfrock — to unfrock.
- give someone the gate — a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- pink-slip — to dismiss from a job: He will be pink-slipped next month.
- wash out — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.