| Main Entry: | waif |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lost or unclaimed person or thing |
Synonyms: |
castaway, dogie, drop*, fetch*, flotsam, foundling, homeless one, jetsam, orphan, ragamuffin, stray, urchin |
| Main Entry: | fugitive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person escaping from law or other pursuer |
Synonyms: |
bolter, derelict, deserter, displaced person, dodger, escapee, escaper, evacuee, exile, fly-by-night, hermit, hunted person, outcast, outlaw, recluse, refugee, runagate, runaway, stray, transient, truant, vagabond, waif, walkout, émigré |
| Main Entry: | orphan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child without parents |
Synonyms: |
foundling, ragamuffin, stray, waif |
| Main Entry: | pariah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social outcast |
Synonyms: |
bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif |
| Main Entry: | ragamuffin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor, tattered |
Synonyms: |
beggar, bum*, gamin, guttersnipe, hobo, loafer, orphan, scarecrow, street person, tatterdemalion, tramp, urchin, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wastrel |
Antonyms: |
sophisticate |
| Main Entry: | urchin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischievious youngster |
Synonyms: |
brat*, cub, dickens, gamin, imp, juvenile delinquent, punk*, pup, ragamuffin, waif |
| Main Entry: | foundling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | orphan |
Synonyms: |
castaway, waif |
| Main Entry: | castaway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shipwrecked person |
Synonyms: |
derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, renegade, reprobate, shipwreck, waif |
| Main Entry: | straying |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation |
Synonyms: |
aberrance, aberrancy, aberrant, aberration, divagation, divergence, maverick, straggler, waif |