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| Main Entry: | left |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on west side when facing north |
| Synonyms: | near, port, sinister, hard to left, larboard, nigh side, portside, sinistral, south |
| Antonyms: | right |
| Main Entry: | left |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | politically radical |
| Synonyms: | left-wing, liberal, progressive, revolutionary, leftist, socialist |
| Antonyms: | right |
| Main Entry: | left |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
| Synonyms: | continuing, departed, extra, forsaken, leftover, over, remaining, residual, split, gone out, marooned, staying |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart, abandon physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, beat it*, break away, clear out*, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, go, issue, migrate, move, part, pull out*, push off*, quit, relinquish, retire, sally, scram, split*, start, step down, take off, vacate, vamoose*, vanish, withdraw, come away, give the slip, go away, go forth, head out, move out, remove oneself, ride off, run along*, say goodbye, set out, slip out, take a hike, take leave, walk out |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
| Antonyms: | come, go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, renounce |
| Synonyms: | back out*, cease, cede, desert, desist, drop, drop out*, evacuate, forbear, forsake, hand over, knock off, maroon, quit, refrain, relinquish, resign, stop, surrender, terminate, waive, yield, give notice, give up* |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forget, neglect |
| Synonyms: | allow, drop, have, let, mislay, omit, permit, suffer, lay down, leave behind, let be, let continue, let go, let stay |
| Antonyms: | care, maintain |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, especially after death |
| Synonyms: | allot, apportion, assign, bequeath, bequest, cede, commit, confide, consign, demise, devise, entrust, hand down, legate, refer, transmit, will, give over, leave behind |
| Antonyms: | hold |
| Main Entry: | deserted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned, unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken*, isolated, left, lonely, neglected, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant, left in the lurch, left stranded, lorn, relinquished |
| Antonyms: | busy, crowded, populous, populated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not present, no longer in existence |
| Synonyms: | absent, astray, away, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, displaced, dissipated, done, down the drain*, ended, extinct, finished, lacking, left, lost, missing, moved, over, past, quit, removed, retired, spent, split, transferred, traveling, vanished, withdrawn, AWOL, burned up, consumed, decamped, disappeared, disintegrated, dissolved, dried up, elapsed, flown, no more, nonextant, not a sign of, not here, out the window, passed, run-off, shifted, taken a powder, taken leave, turned to dust |
| Antonyms: | around, current, existing, present, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | progressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal; growing |
| Synonyms: | advanced, avant-garde*, broad, broad-minded, continuing, continuous, dynamic, enlightened, enterprising, go-ahead*, gradual, graduated, increasing, left*, lenient, modern, ongoing, onward, open-minded, radical, revolutionary, tolerant, up-and-coming*, up-to-date, wide, accelerating, advancing, bleeding-heart, developing, escalating, forward-looking, intensifying, left of center, reformist |
| Antonyms: | conservative, moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stationed |
| Synonyms: | established, left, placed, planted, put, standing, stored, unmoving, halted, positioned |
| Main Entry: | left wing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or group favoring change |
| Synonyms: | left, liberal, progressive, radical, left-winger, leftism, leftist, liberalism, on the left, progressiveness, progressivism |
| Antonyms: | right wing |
| Main Entry: | abandoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | left alone, deserted |
| Synonyms: | alone, deserted, discarded, dissipated, dropped, empty, forgotten, forsaken, godforsaken*, jilted, left, neglected, outcast, rejected, unoccupied, vacant, cast aside, cast away, dumped, eighty-sixed, eliminated, given up, left in the cold, left in the lurch, on the rocks, passed up, pigeon-holed, relinquished, shunned, side-tracked, sidelined, vacated |
| Antonyms: | defended, supported, adopted, cherished, maintained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | progressive |
| Synonyms: | advanced, avant-garde, broad, broad-minded, catholic, enlightened, flexible, free, general, high-minded, humanitarian, indulgent, intelligent, interested, left, lenient, loose, magnanimous, permissive, radical, rational, reasonable, receiving, receptive, tolerant, unbiased, unconventional, understanding, unorthodox, unprejudiced, humanistic, latitudinarian, libertarian, reformist, unbigoted |
| Antonyms: | conservative, narrow, narrow-minded |
| Main Entry: | lonely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feeling friendless, forlorn |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, apart, deserted, desolate, destitute, disconsolate, down, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, homeless, isolated, left, lone, lonesome, outcast, reclusive, rejected, secluded, single, solitary, unattended, withdrawn, by oneself, comfortless, companionless, estranged, renounced, troglodytic, unbefriended, uncherished, unsocial |
| Antonyms: | loved, befriended, unlonely |
| Main Entry: | revolutionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, progressive |
| Synonyms: | advanced, avant-garde*, contemporary, cutting edge*, innovative, latest, left, modern, novel, open-minded, radical, state-of-the-art*, up-and-coming*, advancing, developing, forward-looking, just out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | gone to a different residence |
| Synonyms: | departed, left, removed, transferred, changed residences, emigrated, gone away, migrated, relocated, vacated |
| Antonyms: | remaining, resident |
| Main Entry: | remaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | surplus |
| Synonyms: | extra, left, leftover, outstanding, residual, spare, surviving, unused, lingering, vestigial |
| Main Entry: | odd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | single, unmatched; uneven |
| Synonyms: | additional, alone, individual, irregular, left, leftover, lone, lonely, over, remaining, singular, sole, solitary, spare, surplus, exceeding, over and above, unconsumed, unitary, unpaired |
| Antonyms: | matched |
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave behind, relinquish |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, back out, bail out*, bow out*, chicken out*, cop out*, cut loose*, desert, discard, discontinue, ditch*, drop, drop out, duck*, dump*, dust*, leave, opt out, pull out, quit, screw*, stop, surrender, throw over*, vacate, walk out on, withdraw, yield, flake out, fly the coop, give up the ship, kiss goodbye, leg it, let go, run out on, ship out, storm out, take a powder, take a walk, wash hands of |
| Antonyms: | cherish, defend, keep, pursue, retain, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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