Synonyms for derelict
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : der-uh-likt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛr ə lɪkt |
Top 10 synonyms for derelict Other synonyms for the word derelict
- abandoned
- behindhand
- bum
- castaway
- castoff
- dawdler
- delinquent
- discarded
- disregardful
- drifter
- faded
- floater
- grifter
- hobo
- irresponsible
- lax
- lorn
- ne'er-do-well
- outcast
- ownerless
- regardless
- relinquished
- remiss
- renegade
- skidrow bum
- slack
- solitary
- stiff
- stumblebum
- threadbare
- tramp
- uncouth
- undependable
- unreliable
- untrustworthy
- vagabond
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for derelict
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