| Main Entry: | misplace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose; be unable to find |
Synonyms: |
be unable to lay hands on, confuse, disarrange, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, displace, disturb, forget whereabouts of, lose track of, misfile, mislay, miss, mix, muss, place unwisely, place wrongly, put in wrong place, remove, scatter, unsettle |
Antonyms: |
find |
| Main Entry: | misplaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | displaced |
Synonyms: |
gone, lost, mislaid |
| Notes: | if something is displaced, it has been shifted from its customary place; if something is misplaced, it has been lost or taken or has wandered off |
| Main Entry: | derange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make crazy; confuse |
Synonyms: |
confound, craze*, dement, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, distract, disturb, drive mad, frenzy, madden, make insane, mess up*, misplace, muss, perplex, ruffle, rummage, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort |
| Main Entry: | dislocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displace |
Synonyms: |
break, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoint, disorder, disrupt, disturb, disunite, divide, jumble, misplace, mix up, move, put out of joint, remove, rummage, separate, shift, transfer, unhinge, upset |
Antonyms: |
keep together, order |
| Main Entry: | disordered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a mess |
Synonyms: |
all over the place, confused, deranged, disarranged, discombobulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjointed, dislocated, disorganized, displaced, in confusion, incoherent, jumbled, mislaid, misplaced, molested, moved, muddled, out-of-place, removed, roiled, ruffled, rumpled, shifted, shuffled, stirred up, tampered-with, tangled, tossed, tousled, tumbled, unsettled, untidy |
Antonyms: |
arranged, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematic, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | disorganize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disrupt arrangement; make shambles of |
Synonyms: |
break down, break up, clutter, complicate, confound, confuse, demobilize, derange, destroy, disarrange, disarray, disband, discompose, discreate, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disperse, disturb, embroil, jumble, litter, mess up, mislay, misplace, muddle, perturb, put out of order, scatter, scramble, shuffle, toss, turn topsy-turvy, unsettle, upset |
Antonyms: |
compose, neaten, order, organize, plan, systematize, tidy |
| Main Entry: | displace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, remove from normal place |
Synonyms: |
change, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disestablish, dislocate, dislodge, displant, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, expulse, force out, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle, uproot |
Antonyms: |
leave |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be deprived of; mislay |
Synonyms: |
be careless, be impoverished, be reduced, become poorer, bereave, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, fail to keep, fall short, forfeit, forget, give up, lavish, misplace, miss, misspend, oust, pass up, relinquish, rob, sacrifice, squander, suffer, suffer loss, surrender, use up, waste, yield |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
Antonyms: |
hold on to, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | lost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | missing, off-track |
Synonyms: |
absent, adrift, astray, at sea, cast away, disappeared, disoriented, down the drain, fallen between cracks, forfeit, forfeited, gone, gone astray, hidden, invisible, irrecoverable, irretrievable, irrevocable, kiss goodbye, lacking, minus, mislaid, misplaced, missed, nowhere to be found, obscured, off-course, out the window, strayed, unredeemed, vanished, wandering, wayward, without |
Antonyms: |
accomplishing, found, successful, winning |
| Main Entry: | misguided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ill-advised, deluded |
Synonyms: |
bearded, bum-steer, confused, deceived, disinformed, erroneous, faked-out, foolish, imprudent, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, led up the garden path, misled, misplaced, mistaken, stonewalled, uncalled for, unreasonable, unwarranted, unwise, wrong |
Antonyms: |
well-guided |