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Synonyms for left
lɛftleft
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word left.
Princeton's WordNet
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, leftfieldAntonyms:
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, starboardleft, 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, leftfieldAntonyms:
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, starboardleft, left handnoun
the hand that is on the left side of the body
"jab with your left"
Synonyms:
left field, left hand, left wing, leftfieldAntonyms:
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)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, leftfieldAntonyms:
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, rightishleftadjective
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, leftfieldAntonyms:
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, reactionaryleftadjective
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), leftoverAntonyms:
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, starboardleftover, 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-wingleft(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-handedleftadverb
of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
Synonyms:
unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftoverAntonyms:
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), oldlineleftadverb
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
Editors Contribution
vacant
vacant means empty
the streets were vacant
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
leftnoun
Associated words:
sinister, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, haw, port, larboard
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#448 | left | |
#543 | let | |
#1129 | leave | |
#1179 | went | |
#2332 | gone | |
#2516 | forgot | |
#3214 | leaving | |
#3364 | leaves | |
#3546 | remaining | |
#5374 | departure | |
#5451 | odd | |
#6027 | quit | |
#8576 | abandoned | |
#13418 | lh | |
#16548 | ceased | |
#18589 | departed | |
#25052 | leftist | |
#28949 | leftover | |
#30097 | leftfield | |
#30556 | exited | |
#43028 | gauche | |
#69746 | unexpended | |
#90086 | linke | |
#117816 | izquierdo | |
#118808 | zuo | |
#126627 | khalaf | |
#149297 | izquierda | |
#199474 | leftwards |
How to use left in a sentence?
Until we finally pass comprehensive reform -- and I would very much like to see the House of Representatives pick up where the Senate left off -- we must be aggressive in pursuing policies that are humane and sensible and that keep families together, i strongly support the administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA is a good first step, but it should be expanded.
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Caters News Agency -RRB- Searles, Caters News Agency -RRB- Searles, said.Yet as my skin started to blacken and die, I was on so much pain medication that I couldnt feel anything I just knew something was really badly wrong. My skin completely died and Ive been left in constant pain.
I want to take the best of the left wing, of the right wing, and even the best of the center, some would like France to become Cuba without the sun or Venezuela without the oil.
We kept reading all these incidences of children accidentally left in cars and we were really worried.
I'm bringing a perspective that has long been left out of these conversations, i think it is the future in a lot of ways, to simultaneously be producing scholarship and innovative ways to approach social justice and social welfare, while at the same time creating opportunities for historically marginalized and excluded groups to take front and center stage.
Translations for left
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- linksAfrikaans
- شمال, إلى الشمال, یسار, إلى اليسار, على اليسار, يسار, على الشمال, اليسارArabic
- solAzerbaijani
- һул, һулдағы, һул яҡ, һулғаBashkir
- злева, налева, ле́выBelarusian
- отляво, левица, ляв, останал, налявоBulgarian
- esquerra, esquerreCatalan, Valencian
- zbývající, na levé, vlevo, levice, levýCzech
- лѣвъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- chwithWelsh
- venstreDanish
- übrig, Linke, nach links, link, linksGerman
- αριστερά, αριστερόςGreek
- liva, maldekstra, restaĵoEsperanto
- izquierda, liberal, sobras, izquierdo, a la izquierda, de izquierda, sobradoSpanish
- vasak, pahemEstonian
- ezkerBasque
- چپگرا, چپ, در سمت چپ, اشکلكPersian
- jäljelle, [[vasen]] [[puoli]], vasen, vasemmistolainen, vasemmalla, jäljellä, vasemmalle, vasemmistoFinnish
- i mawī, mawiFijian
- gauche, à gaucheFrench
- cléIrish
- ceàrr, clìScottish Gaelic
- שְׂמֹאל, שמאלהHebrew
- बायें, बाक़ी, बायांHindi
- bal, hátralévő, balraHungarian
- մնացած, ձախ, ձախxArmenian
- sinistreInterlingua
- kiriIndonesian
- sinistraIdo
- vinstriIcelandic
- sinistra, sinistro, a sinistra, rimastoItalian
- 残る, 左, 左翼Japanese
- kering, kiwaJavanese
- მარცხენაGeorgian
- солKazakh
- ឆ្វេងKhmer
- 왼쪽, 왼Korean
- چهپ, ماوهKurdish
- солKyrgyz
- sinisterLatin
- lénksLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຊ້າຍLao
- kairiojiLithuanian
- kreisi, pa kreisi, kreisā, kreissLatvian
- mauiiMāori
- останат, налево, лев, на левата, левичарски, левица, лево, одлево, преостанатMacedonian
- зүүнMongolian
- kiriMalay
- xellug, fdalMaltese
- ဝဲ, ဘယ်Burmese
- linkerkant, linker-, links, overDutch
- til overs, igjen, venstresiden, venstreNorwegian
- nishtłʼajígoNavajo, Navaho
- namanjinik, namanjinikanOjibwe, Ojibwa
- pozostały, lewa, na lewo, lewy, w lewo, lewica, lewicowyPolish
- restar, deixado, [[à]] [[esquerda]], esquerdo, esquerda, de esquerda, liberal, esquerdista, sobrar, sestroPortuguese
- lluq'iQuechua
- seniesterRomansh
- stâng, la stânga, stângă, rămasRomanian
- левый, налево, оставшийся, влево, ле́вый, остальной, слева, либера́льныйRussian
- levi, lijevi, ljevica, леви, preostali, на̏ле̄во, nȁlēvo, лијевиSerbo-Croatian
- na ľavé, ľаvý, vľavoSlovak
- levo, na levi, levi, levicaSlovene
- tau-aŋavaleSamoan
- majtëAlbanian
- kencaSundanese
- vänster, kvar, vänsternSwedish
- kushotoSwahili
- మిగిలిన, ఎడమTelugu
- чапTajik
- ซ้ายThai
- çepTurkmen
- kaliwaTagalog
- hemaTonga (Tonga Islands)
- solTurkish
- ʻauiTahitian
- злі́ва, ліво́руч, лі́вий, налі́воUkrainian
- باياںUrdu
- soʻlUzbek
- trái, ở bên tráiVietnamese
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