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Antonyms for goner
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : gaw-ner, gon-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɔ nər, ˈgɒn ər |
Definition of goner
Origin :- "something dead or about to die," 1850, from gone + -er (1). From earlier expressions such as gone goose (1830), gone coon, etc.
- As in irremediable : adj hopeless
- As in desperate : adj hopeless
- As in hopeless : adj futile, pessimistic
- Poor devil; he was a goner before he started this crazy break of his.
- Extract from : « Vulcan's Workshop » by Harl Vincent
- I thought he was a "goner" that time for sure, but he soon straightened up.
- Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
- Reckon she's a goner, Cunnel; the d—— Yankee orter swing fur it.
- Extract from : « Among the Pines » by James R. Gilmore
- Brick and I thought you were a goner for sure when that tree fell.
- Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon
- This time I thought I was a goner for life until you pried me loose.
- Extract from : « Penny of Top Hill Trail » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
- “Thought I was a goner sure when they plugged my bronc,” said Reeves.
- Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
- I'd be a goner anyway when the sun set, but I couldn't explain that to him.
- Extract from : « A Martian Odyssey » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
- “I thought he was a goner, my sons,” whispered the big fellow.
- Extract from : « To Win or to Die » by George Manville Fenn
- It seemed to me I was a goner, and it was some seconds before I realized I was alive and unhurt.
- Extract from : « The Spell of Belgium » by Isabel Anderson
- I thought he was a goner there, yesterday, when I saw the Seagull go kerflop.
- Extract from : « The Rival Campers Afloat » by Ruel Perley Smith
Synonyms for goner
- at end of one's rope
- back to the wall
- bad
- beyond recall
- can't win
- cureless
- cynical
- dead duck
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- desponding
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downcast
- downhearted
- fatal
- forlorn
- futile
- gone
- goner
- hard up
- helpless
- ill-fated
- impossible
- impracticable
- in despair
- in the soup
- in the toilet
- inconsolable
- incurable
- irrecoverable
- irredeemable
- irremediable
- irreparable
- irretrievable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-chance
- no-way
- no-win
- past hope
- pointless
- running out of time
- sad
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- tragic
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up against it
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- woebegone
- worsening
- wretched
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