1. (noun) left
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
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. (noun) left, left wing
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. (noun) left, left hand
the hand that is on the left side of the body
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. (noun) left field, leftfield, left
the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's 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. (adj) left
a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
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. (adj) left
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
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. (adj) leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended
not used up
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. (adj) left(a), left-hand(a)
intended for the left hand
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. (adverb) left
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. (adverb) left
toward or on the left; also used figuratively
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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