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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
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misspent, wasted, squandered, dissipated, thrown awaylostadjective
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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?
For this Memorial Day, we want to thank all those that are serving and, most importantly, remember all those that we have lost because freedom isnt free in this country, and weve had a lot of people whove had to sacrifice for us to have our freedom.
With a nuclear deal imminent, it is clear that Iran is preparing to make up lost ground and re-establish itself as a major supplier, sanctions have crippled Iran's oil production, halving oil exports and severely limiting new development projects. The prospect of them being lifted is creating great excitement within the industry, as foreign trade and investment will allow Iran to make huge efficiencies and drive down the cost of production.
I sincerely appreciate her efforts to memorialize those precious lives lost to suicide and to prevent further tragedies from occurring.
We can't help, because we lost everything, too. But at least we could be here.
These groups are very adept at this 'come and join this movement, be part of this' rhetoric to draw in young people who have lost a sense of purpose and belonging during the war.
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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