| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave in troubled state |
Synonyms: |
back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, leave behind, quit, reject, renounce, throw over, walk out on |
Antonyms: |
adopt, assert, favor, uphold |
| Main Entry: | forgotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of one's mind |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, blanked out, blotted out, blown over, buried, bygone, clean forgot, consigned to oblivion, disremembered, drew a blank, erased, fell between the cracks, gone, lapsed, left behind, left out, lost, obliterated, omitted, past, past recollection, repressed, slipped one's mind, suppressed, unrecalled, unremembered |
Antonyms: |
recalled, recollected, remembered |
| Main Entry: | forsaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
Synonyms: |
cast off, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, disowned, forlorn, friendless, godforsaken, ignored, isolated, jilted, left at the altar, left behind, left in the lurch, lonely, lorn, marooned, outcast, solitary, thrown over |
Antonyms: |
cherished, helped, nurtured, wanted |
| Main Entry: | get ahead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excel, succeed |
Synonyms: |
advance, be successful, climb, do well, flourish, get on, leave behind, make good, outdo, outmaneuver, overtake, progress, prosper, surpass, thrive |
Antonyms: |
fail, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forget, neglect |
Synonyms: |
allow, drop, have, lay down, leave behind, let, let be, let continue, let go, let stay, mislay, omit, permit, suffer |
| 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: |
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, give over, hand down, leave behind, legate, refer, transmit, will |
Antonyms: |
hold |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape, avoid |
Synonyms: |
clear, dodge, duck, elude, evade, give the slip, leave behind, outrun, rid, shake, shake off, slip away, stray, throw off, unburden, wander from |
Antonyms: |
confront, face, meet |
| Main Entry: | missing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gone, absent |
Synonyms: |
AWOL, astray, away, disappeared, lacking, left behind, left out, lost, mislaid, misplaced, not present, nowhere to be found, omitted, removed, short, unaccounted for, wanting |
Antonyms: |
found, here, present |
| Main Entry: | outdistance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outrun |
Synonyms: |
beat, best, better, exceed, go beyond, go one better, leave behind, outclass, outdo, outhussle, outpace, outperform, outplay, overtake, pass, surpass, top, win the race |
| Main Entry: | outdo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | better, overcome |
Synonyms: |
beat, best, blow out of water, bulldoze, bury*, cook*, cream*, defeat, do in, down*, eclipse, exceed, excel, fake out, go one better, leave behind, lick*, outclass, outdistance, outfox, outgun, outjockey, outmaneuver, outrival, outshine, outsmart, outstrip, pull a fast one, shake off, shoot ahead, snow*, surpass, top, transcend, trash* |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose |