Antonyms for derelict

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : der-uh-likt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛr ə lɪkt

Definition of derelict

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.

adj careless, negligent
adj deserted, forsaken
noun destitute or down-and-out person

Example sentences :

Always glad to pick up a derelict, may be a chance for salvage, you know.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The derelict's forehead is punched in, starred across, and rent diagonally.
Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling

We are going to help the derelict division of French in every way we can.
Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

Meanwhile the ship drifted, a derelict on the face of the Pacific.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

Had he been derelict in duty and let this lamb wander from the fold?
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

He felt as he had at his father's death, rudderless, derelict.
Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

We took a series of photos of that derelict when we stumbled on it.
Extract from : « Medal of Honor » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

The enemy ship has been put out of action and is now in a derelict condition.
Extract from : « Greylorn » by John Keith Laumer

Rubbing shoulders with the crowd outside, shabby, poor, a derelict.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various

A correspondent on the ——'s staff had been derelict, and I was appointed to his division.
Extract from : « Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, » by George Alfred Townsend

Synonyms for derelict

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