Synonyms for Step aside:

• v.

  •avoid (verb)
  • obviate,
  • sidestep,
  • deflect,
  • flee,
  • lay low,
  • turn aside,
  • stay out,
  • jump,
  • divert,
  • skirt,
  • fake out,
  • fend off,
  • give the slip,
  • weave,
  • recoil,
  • dodge,
  • evade,
  • bypass,
  • skip out on,
  • circumvent,
  • withdraw,
  • elude,
  • shake off,
  • desist,
  • shun,
  • steer clear of,
  • ditch,
  • avert,
  • ward off,
  • shy,
  • eschew,
  • keep clear,
  • shake and bake,
  • escape,
  • abstain,
  • run for cover,
  • shake,
  • duck,
  • shuffle off,
  • hide,
  • skip,
  • shirk,
  • shrink from,
  • circumlocute,
  • hold off,
  • stay away,
  • skip town.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • golden handshake,
  • retirement,
  • early retirement,
  • retiree,
  • revolving door,
  • natural wastage,
  • bow out,
  • golden parachute.
  •
  • retention,
  • stand aside,
  • retiring,
  • vacate,
  • hand in,
  • hang up,
  • resignation,
  • gratuity,
  • hemorrhage,
  • stand-down,
  • departure.
  •
  • going,
  • retire,
  • attrition.
  •
  • walk.
  •
  • go.
  •avoid
  • faked out,
  • laid low,
  • Withdrew,
  • fending off,
  • turned aside,
  • turning aside,
  • skipped town,
  • by-passing,
  • steering clear of,
  • stepped aside,
  • Shied,
  • Shying,
  • Escaping,
  • by-passed,
  • by-passes,
  • shies,
  • shakes off,
  • By-pass.
  •Other relevant words:
  • pull away,
  • delete,
  • glance off,
  • hem and haw,
  • stand aloof,
  • swerve,
  • alienate,
  • abrupt,
  • subtract,
  • switch,
  • beg the question,
  • shift,
  • relinquish,
  • renounce the throne,
  • depart,
  • hedge,
  • unyoke,
  • resign,
  • jib,
  • segregate,
  • withdraw from,
  • side,
  • gee,
  • fence,
  • haw,
  • sidetrack,
  • Demit,
  • abdicate,
  • bear off,
  • turn away,
  • leave,
  • draw aside,
  • fly off,
  • pull back,
  • stand,
  • ease off,
  • sheer off,
  • quit,
  • be superannuated,
  • disjoint,
  • avoid,
  • cast out,
  • estrange,
  • eject,
  • turn back,
  • pull out,
  • give up,
  • shove aside,
  • veer,
  • uncouple,
  • split,
  • side-step,
  • throw out,
  • disunite,
  • be pensioned,
  • isolate,
  • separate,
  • disengage,
  • disconnect,
  • expel,
  • stand apart,
  • go off,
  • glance,
  • pussyfoot,
  • shut off,
  • shy away,
  • equivocate,
  • head off,
  • edge off,
  • about the bush,
  • move to the side,
  • shrink,
  • part,
  • divide,
  • cut adrift,
  • superannuate,
  • beat around,
  • shunt,
  • divorce,
  • pension off,
  • parry.

Antonyms for Step aside:

• v.

  • avoid
    permit, allow, help, take on, seek, stay, want, face, meet.
  • Other antonyms:
    arrogate, assume, appropriate, claim, secure, usurp, confiscate, hire, safeguard, protect, seize, take over, wrest, guard, defend.