Synonyms for orphan
ˈɔr fənor·phan

Princeton's WordNet

1. orphannoun

   a child who has lost both parents

2. orphannoun

   someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

3. orphannoun

   the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column

4. orphanverb

   a young animal without a mother

5. orphanverb

   deprive of parents

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1. • Child
   • Deprive
   • Line
   • Person

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1. List of paraphrases for "orphan":

   orphans, orphaned, orphanhood, anonymous, foundling, orphaning

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1. Colin Bole:

   The competition has been fierce but the fact is, CSeries is a reality, it can no longer be dismissed as an orphan aircraft (as) we have heard from our competitors. It is there, it has customers and customers will draw customers.

2. John F. Kennedy, "A Thousand Days," by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr [1965]., p289. Comment made by JFK in the aftermath of the fai:

   Victory has a thousand fathers; defeat is an orphan.

3. Brian Deschanel:

   A parentless child, is an orphan growing wildlife without nurture, guidance, and insecured like a rootless dying flower in vase.

4. Unknown:

   Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.

5. Avik Roy:

   We have accepted culturally that it's OK for a company to charge high prices for [ orphan ] drugs, the end result is that a lot of these orphan drugs are $ 10 billion drugs, even though they are for rare diseases.