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| Main Entry: | lost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | missing, off-track |
| Synonyms: | absent, adrift, astray, disoriented, down the drain*, forfeit, gone, hidden, invisible, irrevocable, lacking, minus, mislaid, misplaced, missed, off-course, strayed, vanished, wandering, wayward, without, at sea, cast away, disappeared, fallen between cracks, forfeited, gone astray, irrecoverable, irretrievable, kiss goodbye, nowhere to be found, obscured, out the window, unredeemed |
| Antonyms: | found, successful, winning, accomplishing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extinct, destroyed |
| Synonyms: | bygone, dead, dissipated, forgotten, gone, lapsed, misspent, obliterated, obsolete, out-of-date, past, ruined, wasted, wrecked, abolished, annihilated, consumed, demolished, devastated, eradicated, exterminated, frittered, misused, perished, squandered, unremembered, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | alive, existing, living, existent |
| Main Entry: | lost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distracted, dreaming |
| Synonyms: | absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, bewildered, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, feeble, ignorant, musing, perplexed, preoccupied, rapt, spellbound, unconscious, wasted, bemused, distrait, entranced, going in circles, inconscient, taken in, taken up |
| Antonyms: | attentive, aware, cognizant |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be deprived of; mislay |
| Synonyms: | bereave, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, forfeit, forget, lavish, misplace, miss, misspend, oust, relinquish, rob, sacrifice, squander, suffer, surrender, waste, yield, be careless, be impoverished, be reduced, become poorer, fail to keep, fall short, give up, pass up, suffer loss, use up |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | keep, maintain, hold on to |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be defeated |
| Synonyms: | decline, drop, fall, miss, succumb, yield, be humbled, be outdistanced, be sunk, be taken to cleaners, be the loser, be worsted, come up short, drop a bundle, kiss goodbye, lose out, suffer defeat, take a beating, take the count, take the heat |
| Antonyms: | achieve, succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape, avoid |
| Synonyms: | clear, dodge, duck, elude, evade, outrun, rid, shake, shake off*, stray, throw off*, unburden, give the slip, leave behind, slip away, wander from |
| Antonyms: | confront, face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | absent-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out to lunch |
| Synonyms: | absent, absorbed, abstracted, careless, daydreaming, distracted, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, lost, oblivious, preoccupied, remote, removed, scatterbrained, surroundings, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, withdrawn, airheaded, airheaded, bemused, distrait, goofing off, head in the clouds, inconscient, mooning, moony, out to lunch, pipe dreaming, space cadet, spacey, spacey, unaware of events, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | alert, attentive, aware |
| Main Entry: | absorbed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being completely occupied mentally |
| Synonyms: | engaged, engrossed, fascinated, fixed, gone*, head over heels*, held, immersed, intent, involved, lost, preoccupied, rapt, captivated, consumed, deep in thought, really into, up to here, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | astray |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | off the path or right direction |
| Synonyms: | adrift, afield, amiss, awry, gone, lost, off, roaming, straying, vanished, wandering, wrong, off course, off the mark |
| Antonyms: | right, straight, on course |
| Main Entry: | bankrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, impoverished, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, failed, in Chapter 11, tapped out |
| Antonyms: | rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | bewildered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | addled, agape, aghast, agog, befuddled, bowled over, dazed, disconcerted, dizzy, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, giddy, lost, misled, muddled, perplexed, punchy*, puzzled, shocked, speechless, startled, stumped, stunned, stupefied, surprised, thrown, thunderstruck*, uncertain, appalled, astonished, astounded, awe-struck, awed, baffled, dazzled, flabbergasted, flipped out, floored, flustered, in a dither, mystified, rattled, reeling, shook up, staggered, taken aback, unglued |
| Antonyms: | clear, understanding, oriented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bygone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the past |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, archaic, belated, dated, dead, defunct, departed, erstwhile, extinct, forgotten, former, gone, late, lost, old-fashioned, old-time, one-time, out-of-date, previous, quondam, sometime, vanished, water under the bridge*, down memory lane, gone by, in oblivion, of old, of yore, olden, oldfangled, water over the dam |
| Antonyms: | modern, new, recent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contemplative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep in thought |
| Synonyms: | attentive, intent, introspective, lost, meditative, musing, pensive, rapt, reflective, speculative, thinking, thoughtful, cogitative, in brown study, pondering, reflecting, ruminative |
| Antonyms: | disdainful, negligent, scornful, shallow, disregarding, rejecting, unreflective |
| Main Entry: | damned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful, unwelcome |
| Synonyms: | accursed, bad, blessed*, bloody*, blooming*, confounded, cursed, damnable, darn*, darned*, despicable, detestable, done for*, doomed, execrable, infamous, infernal*, loathsome, lost, lousy, reprobate, revolting, unhappy, all-fired, anathematized, blankety-blank, blasted, condemned, cussed, dang, doggone*, dratted, gone to blazes, voodooed |
| Antonyms: | blessed, favored, nice, praiseworthy, welcome, cherished, likeable, loveable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decadent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, self-indulgent |
| Synonyms: | debased, debauched, decaying, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, immoral, lost, moribund, perverted, wanton, wicked, declining, gone bad, gone to the dogs, overripe |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral |
| Main Entry: | deceased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dead |
| Synonyms: | asleep, cold*, defunct, departed, extinct, finished, former, gone, inanimate, late, lifeless, lost, bit the dust, exanimate, expired, gave up the ghost, kicked the bucket, passed on, pushing up daisies |
| Antonyms: | alive, born, lively, living |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defunct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extinct, not functioning |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bygone, cold, dead, deceased, departed, done for*, down the drain*, gone, inanimate, inoperative, invalid, kaput*, late, lifeless, lost, nonexistent, obsolete, out of commission*, vanished, exanimate, expired, had it |
| Antonyms: | alive, existing, live, operating, operative, valid, working, existent, functioning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disoriented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused, unstable |
| Synonyms: | adrift, astray, bewildered, discombobulated, lost, mixed-up, off-course, perplexed, unbalanced, unhinged, unsettled, all at sea, not adjusted, off-beam, out-of-joint |
| Antonyms: | balanced, settled, understanding, oriented, unpuzzled |
| Main Entry: | done for |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruined or defeated |
| Synonyms: | beaten, beaten, broken, dead, defeated, defeated, destroyed, done in, doomed, dying, exhausted, finished, kaput, lost, ruined, shot, through, tired, undone, washed-up*, washed-up, wrecked, ausgespielt, conquered, cooked, dashed, eighty-sixed, foiled, had it, packed-up, sunk, vanquished |
| Antonyms: | accomplished, successful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condemned, hopeless |
| Synonyms: | bewitched, cursed, cut down, damned, destroyed, done, done for*, fated, fey, ill-fated, kiss of death*, lost, luckless, overthrown, overwhelmed, que sera sera*, reprobate, ruined, star-crossed, threatened, undone, unfortunate, wrecked, bedeviled, convicted, dead duck, foreordained, ill-omened, in the cards, menaced, predestined, sentenced, sunk, suppressed, thrown down, unredeemed |
| Antonyms: | hopeful, lucky |
* = 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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