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Synonyms for lost
lɔst, lɒstlost

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. doomed, lostadjective

    people who are destined to die soon

    "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"

    Synonyms:
    doomed

    Antonyms:
    recovered(p), recoverable, hopeful, blessed, thoughtless, ransomed, reclaimed, rescued, found, comprehendible, saved, won, salvageable, comprehensible, unperplexed, redeemed, oriented, orientated

  2. lostadjective

    no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

    "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"

    Synonyms:
    missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

    Antonyms:
    blessed, saved, recoverable, found, thoughtless, comprehendible, oriented, ransomed, comprehensible, orientated, won, salvageable, redeemed, reclaimed, rescued, recovered(p), hopeful, unperplexed

  3. confused, 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"

    Synonyms:
    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, confused

    Antonyms:
    ransomed, rescued, won, orientated, recoverable, comprehensible, oriented, thoughtless, unperplexed, salvageable, comprehendible, redeemed, blessed, recovered(p), hopeful, saved, found, reclaimed

  4. lostadjective

    spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed

    "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"

    Synonyms:
    missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

    Antonyms:
    ransomed, comprehendible, recoverable, comprehensible, orientated, unperplexed, reclaimed, found, saved, thoughtless, blessed, hopeful, rescued, oriented, redeemed, salvageable, recovered(p), won

  5. lostadjective

    not gained or won

    "a lost battle"; "a lost prize"

    Synonyms:
    missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

    Antonyms:
    recoverable, comprehensible, reclaimed, oriented, recovered(p), orientated, thoughtless, won, comprehendible, ransomed, rescued, found, hopeful, unperplexed, blessed, saved, redeemed, salvageable

  6. lostadjective

    incapable of being recovered or regained

    "his lost honor"

    Synonyms:
    missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

    Antonyms:
    orientated, recovered(p), redeemed, ransomed, unperplexed, recoverable, comprehensible, saved, rescued, comprehendible, oriented, reclaimed, found, salvageable, won, blessed, hopeful, thoughtless

  7. lost, missedadjective

    not caught with the senses or the mind

    "words lost in the din"

    Synonyms:
    missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

    Antonyms:
    found, recovered(p), redeemed, unperplexed, thoughtless, rescued, ransomed, recoverable, comprehensible, blessed, salvageable, hopeful, oriented, orientated, comprehendible, saved, won, reclaimed

  8. bemused, 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"

    Antonyms:
    thoughtless, hopeful, orientated, comprehendible, recovered(p), recoverable, won, unperplexed, reclaimed, oriented, blessed, redeemed, ransomed, comprehensible, salvageable, found, saved, rescued

  9. baffled, 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"

    Synonyms:
    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, bewildered

    Antonyms:
    ransomed, orientated, won, oriented, blessed, comprehendible, recovered(p), recoverable, salvageable, comprehensible, saved, reclaimed, found, rescued, unperplexed, thoughtless, redeemed, hopeful

  10. helpless, 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, bewildered

    Antonyms:
    reclaimed, comprehendible, comprehensible, ransomed, hopeful, salvageable, found, won, blessed, orientated, redeemed, recovered(p), recoverable, saved, rescued, thoughtless, unperplexed, oriented

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lostadjective

    Synonyms:
    missing, not to be found

  2. lostadjective

    Synonyms:
    forfeited, missed

  3. lostadjective

    Synonyms:
    misspent, wasted, squandered, dissipated, thrown away

  4. lostadjective

    Synonyms:
    bewildered, confused, perplexed, puzzled, distracted, benighted, posed, nonplussed, at a loss, at fault, in a maze, in the dark

  5. lostadjective

    Synonyms:
    abstracted, preoccupied, absent, absent-minded, dreamy, napping

  6. lostadjective

    Synonyms:
    depraved, corrupt, abandoned, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, shameless, obdurate, hardened, incorrigible, irreclaimable

  7. lostadjective

    Synonyms:
    ruined, destroyed, perished, gone, vanished, disappeared, departed

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lostadjective

    Synonyms:
    forfeited, missing, derelict, adrift, misspent, misemployed, wasted, irreclaimable, incorrigible, abandoned, preoccupied, abstracted, absent-minded

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How to use lost in a sentence?

  1. Kevin Puvalowski:

    The supposed victim in this case, Fannie Mae, hasn't lost a dime.

  2. 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.

  3. Maneesh Nariwal:

    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

  4. Whoopi Goldberg:

    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.

  5. Sue Raftree:

    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.


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