| Main Entry: | derelict |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, negligent |
Synonyms: |
behindhand, delinquent, disregardful, irresponsible, lax, regardless, remiss, slack, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy |
Antonyms: |
careful, caring |
| Main Entry: | derelict |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deserted, forsaken |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, castoff, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, discarded, faded, lorn, neglected, ownerless, relinquished, ruined, run-down, seedy, shabby, solitary, threadbare, uncouth |
Antonyms: |
improved, populated |
| Main Entry: | derelict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destitute or down-and-out person |
Synonyms: |
beggar, bum, castaway, dawdler, drifter, floater, grifter, hobo, ne'er-do-well, outcast, renegade, skidrow bum, stiff, stumblebum, tramp, vagabond, vagrant |
| Main Entry: | bum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beggar |
Synonyms: |
bindle, black sheep, derelict, drifter, floater, gutterpup, guttersnipe, hobo, stiff*, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant |
| Notes: | a hobo is a migratory worker who likes to travel, a tramp travels without working, and a bum does not travel or work |
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irresponsible, defaulting |
Synonyms: |
behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, defaultant, derelict, disregardful, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, offending, overdue, procrastinating, red-handed, remiss, reprehensible, shabby, slack, tardy, unpaid |
Antonyms: |
behaving, careful, responsible |
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, often young |
Synonyms: |
JD, behind, black sheep, blackguard, culprit, dawdler, deadbeat, deadhead, debtor, defaulter, derelict, desperado, evader, fallen angel, felon, hoodlum, jailbird, juvenile delinquent, juvie, lawbreaker, loafer, lounger, malefactor, miscreant, neglecter, no show, offender, outlaw, punk*, recreant, reprobate, sinner, wrongdoer, young offender |
| Main Entry: | deserted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned, unoccupied |
Synonyms: |
bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, left, left in the lurch, left stranded, lonely, lorn, neglected, relinquished, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant |
Antonyms: |
busy, crowded, populated, populous |
| 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: | desertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
Synonyms: |
abrogation, absconding, apostasy, avoidance, backsliding, betrayal, castoff, defecting, departing, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, disavowal, disavowing, divorce, elusion, escape, evasion, falling away, falseness, flight, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retirement, retreat, running out on, secession, tergiversation, treachery, truancy, withdrawal |
Antonyms: |
aid, assistance, help, staying |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unused, barren |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, bare, bleak, derelict, desert, destroyed, dreary, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, lorn, ruined, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, waste, wild |
Antonyms: |
cultivated, populated, used |