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Antonyms for de relicts
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : der-uh-likt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛr ə lɪkt |
Definition of de relicts
Origin :- 1640s, from Latin derelictus "solitary, deserted," past participle of dereliquere "to abandon, forsake, desert," from de- "entirely" + relinquere "leave behind" (see relinquish). Originally especially of vessels abandoned at sea or stranded on shore. As a noun, from 1660s.
- As in outcast : noun person who is unwanted, not accepted
- As in pariah : noun social outcast
- As in refugee : noun person running from something, often oppression
- As in street person : noun homeless person
- As in tramp : noun person who is poor, desperate
- As in wreck : noun severe damage or severely damaged goods
- As in bum : noun beggar
- As in castaway : noun shipwrecked person
- As in down-and-outer : noun poor person
- As in delinquent : noun criminal, often young
- As in derelict : noun destitute or down-and-out person
- As in deserter : noun fugitive from responsibility
- As in desertion : noun abandonment
- As in drifter : noun wanderer
- As in failure : noun person who does not succeed
- As in fugitive : noun person escaping from law or other pursuer
- As in hobo : noun homeless person
Synonyms for de relicts
- abrogation
- absconder
- absconding
- alien
- also-ran
- apostasy
- apostate
- avoidance
- AWOL
- backslider
- backsliding
- bag lady
- bag person
- bankrupt
- beat
- beggar
- behind
- betrayal
- betrayer
- bindle
- black sheep
- blackguard
- boat person
- bolter
- born loser
- bum
- castaway
- castoff
- collapse
- crash
- crate
- criminal
- culprit
- dawdler
- deadbeat
- deadhead
- debacle
- debris
- debtor
- defaulter
- defecting
- defector
- delinquent
- departing
- departure
- deportee
- derelict
- dereliction
- deserter
- desperado
- destruction
- devastation
- disaffection
- disappointment
- disavowal
- disavowing
- displaced person
- disruption
- divorce
- dodger
- down-and-out
- DP
- drifter
- dud
- elusion
- emigrant
- émigré
- escape
- escapee
- escaper
- evacuee
- evader
- evasion
- exile
- expatriate
- expellee
- fallen angel
- falling away
- falseness
- felon
- fender bender
- flight
- floater
- flop
- fly-by-night
- foreigner
- forsaking
- foundling
- fugitive
- going back on
- good-for-nothing
- grifter
- gutterpup
- guttersnipe
- gypsy
- has-been
- have-not
- heap
- hermit
- hitchhiker
- hobo
- homeless person
- hoodlum
- hookey player
- hulk
- hunted person
- incompetent
- indigent
- insolvent
- itinerant
- jailbird
- jalopy
- JD
- junk
- junker
- juvenile delinquent
- juvie
- lawbreaker
- leaving
- leper
- litter
- loafer
- loser
- lounger
- lumpy
- malefactor
- maroon
- marooning
- mess
- might-have-been
- migrant worker
- miscreant
- moocher
- ne'er-do-well
- neglecter
- no show
- no-good
- no-show
- nobody
- nomad
- nonperformer
- offender
- outcast
- outlaw
- outsider
- panhandler
- pariah
- pauper
- perfidy
- persona non grata
- pile-up
- prodigal
- punk
- rascal
- rear-ender
- recluse
- recreancy
- recreant
- refugee
- rejection
- relic
- relinquishment
- renegade
- renunciation
- reprobate
- repudiation
- resignation
- retirement
- retreat
- rolling stone
- ruin
- ruins
- runagate
- runaway
- running out on
- secession
- shipwreck
- shirker
- shopping-bag lady
- shopping-bag person
- sinner
- skidrow bum
- slacker
- smashup
- stateless person
- stiff
- stray
- street person
- stumblebum
- tergiversation
- total
- traitor
- tramp
- transient
- treachery
- truancy
- truant
- turkey
- underachiever
- undesirable
- untouchable
- vagabond
- vagrant
- waif
- walkout
- wanderer
- washout
- waste
- wino
- withdrawal
- wreckage
- wretch
- wrongdoer
- young offender
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