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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
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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?
The supposed victim in this case, Fannie Mae, hasn't lost a dime.
Grantland Rice, "Alumunus Football," Only the Brave and Other Poems, p. 144 (1941):
For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He marks-not that you won or lost- But how you played the game.
Timepass Buying and selling of shares in stock market is happening these days only amongst brokers and insiders because retail investors are hardly there as they have lost their interest despite seeing share price going up
That’s not really funny to people who've lost their kids … or people who've lost family members or dear friends to this, nobody on the planet really wants to go through this. This is not something we’re doing because it’s, you know, sexually gratifying.
Discoveries at sea are relatively rare due to their very location. A number of aircraft are known to have been lost in the North Sea during the course of the Second World War but we need positive evidence before we can confirm, we would class this aircraft as a war grave. It is protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 which covers crashed military aircraft in both UK territorial and international waters.
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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