| Main Entry: | maroon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon |
Synonyms: |
beach, cast ashore, cast away, desert, forsake, isolate, leave, leave high and dry, strand |
Antonyms: |
care, help, maintain, rescue, save, take care |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, defect |
Synonyms: |
abscond, apostatize, bail out, beach, betray, bolt, check out*, chuck, cop out, crawl out, decamp, depart, duck*, escape, flee, fly, forsake, give up, go, go AWOL, go back on, go over the hill, go west, jilt, leave, leave high and dry, leave in the lurch, leave stranded, light, maroon, opt out, play truant, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, run out on, sneak off, split*, strand, take a hike, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, violate oath, walk |
| Notes: | that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support |
| Main Entry: | deserter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fugitive from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
AWOL, absconder, apostate, backslider, betrayer, criminal, defector, delinquent, derelict, escapee, escaper, hookey player, lawbreaker, maroon, no-show, recreant, refugee, renegade, runaway, shirker, slacker, traitor, truant |
| Main Entry: | jettison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject; throw overboard |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abdicate, cashier, cast, cast off, deep-six, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, slough, throw away, unload |
Antonyms: |
take in, take on |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, renounce |
Synonyms: |
back out, cease, cede, desert, desist, drop, drop out, evacuate, forbear, forsake, give notice, give up*, hand over, knock off, maroon, quit, refrain, relinquish, resign, stop, surrender, terminate, waive, yield |
Antonyms: |
continue, hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | red |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | color of blood; shade resembling such a color |
Synonyms: |
bittersweet, bloodshot, blooming, blush, brick, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, chestnut, claret, copper, coral, crimson, dahlia, flaming, florid, flushed, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, glowing, healthy, inflamed, infrared, magenta, maroon, pink, puce, rose, roseate, rosy, rubicund, ruby, ruddy, rufescent, russet, rust, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, titian, vermilion, wine |
| Main Entry: | refugee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person running from something, often oppression |
Synonyms: |
DP, alien, boat person, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré |
| Main Entry: | runaway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is trying to escape |
Synonyms: |
absconder, delinquent, deserter, escapee, escaper, fugitive, lawbreaker, maroon, offender, truant, wanted person |
| Main Entry: | castaway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shipwrecked person |
Synonyms: |
derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, renegade, reprobate, shipwreck, waif |
| Main Entry: | crimson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | red |
Synonyms: |
bloody, blush, color, dye, maroon, redden, rose, rouge |