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Synonyms for lost
lɔst, lɒstlost
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word lost.
Princeton's WordNet
doomed, lostadjective
people who are destined to die soon
"the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
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doomedAntonyms:
recovered(p), recoverable, hopeful, blessed, thoughtless, ransomed, reclaimed, rescued, found, comprehendible, saved, won, salvageable, comprehensible, unperplexed, redeemed, oriented, orientatedlostadjective
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
"a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"
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missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupiedAntonyms:
blessed, saved, recoverable, found, thoughtless, comprehendible, oriented, ransomed, comprehensible, orientated, won, salvageable, redeemed, reclaimed, rescued, recovered(p), hopeful, unperplexedconfused, disoriented, lostadjective
having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
"I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"
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befuddled, lost(p), mixed-up, disoriented, disordered, bemused, deep in thought(p), scattered, preoccupied, at sea, illogical, anomic, disconnected, unconnected, missed, baffled, alienated, upset, confounded, broken, disjointed, helpless, garbled, mazed, bewildered, confusedAntonyms:
ransomed, rescued, won, orientated, recoverable, comprehensible, oriented, thoughtless, unperplexed, salvageable, comprehendible, redeemed, blessed, recovered(p), hopeful, saved, found, reclaimedlostadjective
spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
"lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"
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missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupiedAntonyms:
ransomed, comprehendible, recoverable, comprehensible, orientated, unperplexed, reclaimed, found, saved, thoughtless, blessed, hopeful, rescued, oriented, redeemed, salvageable, recovered(p), wonlostadjective
not gained or won
"a lost battle"; "a lost prize"
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missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupiedAntonyms:
recoverable, comprehensible, reclaimed, oriented, recovered(p), orientated, thoughtless, won, comprehendible, ransomed, rescued, found, hopeful, unperplexed, blessed, saved, redeemed, salvageablelostadjective
incapable of being recovered or regained
"his lost honor"
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missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupiedAntonyms:
orientated, recovered(p), redeemed, ransomed, unperplexed, recoverable, comprehensible, saved, rescued, comprehendible, oriented, reclaimed, found, salvageable, won, blessed, hopeful, thoughtlesslost, missedadjective
not caught with the senses or the mind
"words lost in the din"
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missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupiedAntonyms:
found, recovered(p), redeemed, unperplexed, thoughtless, rescued, ransomed, recoverable, comprehensible, blessed, salvageable, hopeful, oriented, orientated, comprehendible, saved, won, reclaimedbemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupiedadjective
deeply absorbed in thought
"as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"
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thoughtless, hopeful, orientated, comprehendible, recovered(p), recoverable, won, unperplexed, reclaimed, oriented, blessed, redeemed, ransomed, comprehensible, salvageable, found, saved, rescuedbaffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at seaadjective
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
"obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
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scattered, befuddled, helpless, lost(p), mixed-up, disoriented, woolly, bemused, deep in thought(p), disjointed, disordered, preoccupied, at sea, illogical, woolly-headed, missed, confused, disconnected, unconnected, addled, muddled, baffled, upset, befogged, confounded, muzzy, wooly-minded, broken, wooly, garbled, mazed, bewilderedAntonyms:
ransomed, orientated, won, oriented, blessed, comprehendible, recovered(p), recoverable, salvageable, comprehensible, saved, reclaimed, found, rescued, unperplexed, thoughtless, redeemed, hopefulhelpless, lostadjective
unable to function; without help
Synonyms:
befuddled, lost(p), mixed-up, disoriented, bemused, deep in thought(p), preoccupied, at sea, missed, confused, incapacitated, baffled, confounded, helpless, mazed, bewilderedAntonyms:
reclaimed, comprehendible, comprehensible, ransomed, hopeful, salvageable, found, won, blessed, orientated, redeemed, recovered(p), recoverable, saved, rescued, thoughtless, unperplexed, oriented
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lostadjective
Synonyms:
missing, not to be foundlostadjective
lostadjective
Synonyms:
misspent, wasted, squandered, dissipated, thrown awaylostadjective
Synonyms:
bewildered, confused, perplexed, puzzled, distracted, benighted, posed, nonplussed, at a loss, at fault, in a maze, in the darklostadjective
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abstracted, preoccupied, absent, absent-minded, dreamy, nappinglostadjective
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depraved, corrupt, abandoned, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, shameless, obdurate, hardened, incorrigible, irreclaimablelostadjective
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ruined, destroyed, perished, gone, vanished, disappeared, departed
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lostadjective
Synonyms:
forfeited, missing, derelict, adrift, misspent, misemployed, wasted, irreclaimable, incorrigible, abandoned, preoccupied, abstracted, absent-minded
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#972 | loss | |
#1079 | lost | |
#2246 | missing | |
#2332 | gone | |
#2535 | broken | |
#3169 | lose | |
#3907 | missed | |
#4574 | losses | |
#5211 | losing | |
#5316 | dropped | |
#6878 | confused | |
#9423 | upset | |
#10224 | scattered | |
#11963 | disappeared | |
#12442 | wasted | |
#18891 | disconnected | |
#19412 | doomed | |
#19578 | helpless | |
#29606 | illogical | |
#29755 | forfeited | |
#34500 | disordered | |
#36720 | alienated | |
#38053 | baffled | |
#40280 | preoccupied | |
#41565 | bewildered | |
#43109 | incapacitated | |
#43548 | woolly | |
#45702 | perdue | |
#49426 | confounded | |
#52578 | unconnected | |
#56811 | disjointed | |
#58215 | wooly | |
#59416 | foregone | |
#59888 | muddled | |
#60461 | garbled | |
#66194 | disoriented | |
#69737 | bemused | |
#87536 | addled | |
#95677 | befuddled | |
#103703 | muzzy | |
#230773 | outof | |
#303063 | anomic |
How to use lost in a sentence?
If it means more forest is lost because of a higher threshold, then that's going to be a problem.
Since March our lives have changed drastically, my deepest sympathy goes out to everyone who has lost a loved one.
I feel like, for me personally, I've lost two people : Cory Monteith and Finn, everyone is asking,' Is it hard to do this ? Is it hard to be back at work ?' But the truth is, it's no harder at work than it is in life -- so we might as well all be together as a family supporting each other to get through this together.
The biggest thing that drove me to change was that [ Young is ] actively involved in [ Christopher Young ] daughter's visits. Christopher Young's trying to be a good father. Being a father Hasmukh Patel, and having lost a father, I don't want someone to go through life without a father.
We are heartbroken knowing many of those we lost had their entire lives in front of them. We grieve with those facing news no parent or family should ever have to face, this is every parent’s worst nightmare. No one should ever have to see their child leave to play the sport they love and never come back.
Translations for lost
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- perdutCatalan, Valencian
- ztracenýCzech
- faret vildDanish
- verirrt, hat verloren, verschollen, verlorenGerman
- χαμένοςGreek
- perditaEsperanto
- perdió, perdidoSpanish
- گم, مفقودPersian
- eksynyt, menetetty, eksyksissä, kadoksissa, poissa, kadonnutFinnish
- perduFrench
- ar strae, caillteIrish
- perdidoGalician
- אבודHebrew
- खो गयाHindi
- elveszettHungarian
- անհասանելի, կորուսյալ, մոլորված, կորածArmenian
- kalahIndonesian
- persoItalian
- איבדתיHebrew
- 失われたJapanese
- វង្វេងKhmer
- amissaLatin
- ngaroMāori
- sesat, hilangMalay
- de weg kwijtDutch
- taptNorwegian
- StraconyPolish
- perdidoPortuguese
- pierdutRomanian
- недоступный, заблудиться, потерянный, потерялRussian
- vilse, fSwedish
- kayıpTurkish
- 丟失Chinese
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