Synonyms for LEFT
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1. leftnoun

   location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

   "she stood on the left"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, right-wing, center, conservative, right-handed, reactionary, far-right, rightmost, rightish, spent, exhausted, ambidextrous, rightist, far, reactionist, centrist, two-handed, middle-of-the-road, right-hand(a), oldline, old-line, starboard

2. left, left wingnoun

   those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, left, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, rightist, reactionist, right-wing, spent, rightish, two-handed, centrist, old-line, rightmost, oldline, right-handed, far, conservative, middle-of-the-road, far-right, ambidextrous, right-hand(a), center, exhausted, reactionary, starboard

3. left, left handnoun

   the hand that is on the left side of the body

   "jab with your left"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, left, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, rightmost, oldline, conservative, spent, exhausted, centrist, right-wing, reactionist, two-handed, reactionary, center, middle-of-the-road, right-handed, old-line, rightish, rightist, far-right, ambidextrous, starboard, far, right-hand(a)

4. left field, leftfield, leftnoun

   the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left

   "the batter flied out to left"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, left, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, middle-of-the-road, oldline, rightmost, conservative, right-hand(a), rightist, centrist, old-line, exhausted, right-wing, spent, starboard, ambidextrous, two-handed, reactionary, far, reactionist, right-handed, center, far-right, rightish

5. leftadjective

   a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east

   "take a left at the corner"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, right-hand(a), ambidextrous, rightist, right-handed, centrist, rightmost, far, reactionist, oldline, old-line, conservative, two-handed, exhausted, right-wing, far-right, rightish, starboard, spent, center, middle-of-the-road, reactionary

6. leftadjective

   being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north

   "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"

   Synonyms:
   unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftover

   Antonyms:
   right, ambidextrous, far-right, right-handed, centrist, conservative, two-handed, spent, rightmost, far, reactionary, oldline, exhausted, old-line, center, rightist, middle-of-the-road, rightish, right-hand(a), reactionist, right-wing, starboard

7. leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpendedadjective

   not used up

   "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"

   Antonyms:
   right, center, middle-of-the-road, ambidextrous, far, starboard, far-right, reactionary, rightmost, right-hand(a), rightish, two-handed, rightist, old-line, exhausted, reactionist, right-handed, spent, centrist, oldline, conservative, right-wing

8. left(a), left-hand(a)adjective

   intended for the left hand

   "I rarely lose a left-hand glove"

   Antonyms:
   right, right-wing, ambidextrous, conservative, rightish, reactionary, far, two-handed, center, middle-of-the-road, old-line, rightist, reactionist, far-right, spent, starboard, right-hand(a), centrist, oldline, rightmost, exhausted, right-handed

9. leftadverb

   of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

   Synonyms:
   unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftover

   Antonyms:
   right, center, old-line, exhausted, far-right, right-wing, starboard, centrist, reactionary, ambidextrous, spent, rightish, conservative, two-handed, rightmost, reactionist, middle-of-the-road, right-handed, rightist, far, right-hand(a), oldline

10. leftadverb

    toward or on the left; also used figuratively

    "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left"

    Antonyms:
    right, conservative, spent, rightish, exhausted, ambidextrous, far, old-line, starboard, right-handed, right-wing, far-right, rightmost, right-hand(a), reactionist, middle-of-the-road, rightist, centrist, reactionary, center, two-handed, oldline

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1. • Faction
   • Hand
   • Position
   • Tract

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1. vacant

   vacant means empty

   the streets were vacant

   Submitted by anonymous on April 16, 2020  

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1. leftnoun

   Associated words:
   sinister, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, haw, port, larboard

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1. List of paraphrases for "left":

   izquierdo, left-hand, left-wing, departed, leftist, leftwards, gauche, abandoned, let, zuo, leave, ieft, ceased, izquierda, forgot, quit, departure, linke, left-side, left-leaning, exited, lh, left-, leaving, went, gone, left-winger, leaves, khalaf

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1. Loren Fleckenstein:

   Our net inflow in February 2015 across all DoubleLine open-end funds was more than three times the average monthly net inflow in 2014 through August - the last full month before Bill Gross left Pimco, our two largest intermediate-term bond funds, DoubleLine Total Return Bond and DoubleLine Core Fixed Income, continue to see a large volume of subscriptions from investors moving out of Pimco Total Return Bond Fund as well as other investors.

2. Cesar Yabor:

   No such structure was known to be left behind due to the height issue -- if it had a steeple -- as well as the floating wood issue.

3. Sean Matthews:

   We might've lost the house but we left with Memphis, and that meant more to us. I wanted to make the best of things and see the silver lining, and it is a humbling experience to leave your home with essentially a car and the clothes that you're wearing.

4. Errol Brown:

   Once I got married and had my children, I left the life. That's why I can walk away from this, i don't have to be looking for love. When you play to 100,000 people and you come off stage and there's nobody there for you, that's the saddest day of your life.

5. Brie Kerschen:

   This is a very big and celebratory moment. It's everything we've been waiting for, but I know for her, it's not the life we left.