Synonyms and Antonyms of abandon

synonym (synonym of abandon)

  • (noun)
    abdicate, desert, leave, resign, abjure, discontinue, quit, retire from, cast off, forego, recant, retract, cease, forsake, relinquish, surrender, cede, forswear, renounce, vacate, depart from, give up, repudiate, withdraw from
    Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to more.. (noun)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    unconstraint, wantonness
    the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    wildness
    a feeling of extreme emotional intensity (noun.feeling)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    give up
    give up with the intent of never claiming again (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    empty, vacate
    leave behind empty; move out of (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    desert, desolate, forsake
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch (verb.cognition)
     

antonym (antonym of abandon)

hypernym (abandon IS A KIND OF .... relation)

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF abandon relation)

  • forsake, leave behind (verb.possession)
    chuck, ditch
    throw away (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    dispense with
    forgo or do or go without (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive
    lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    consign
    commit forever; commit irrevocably (verb.possession)
     
  • give up with the intent of never claiming again (verb.possession)
    foreswear, quit, relinquish, renounce
    turn away from; give up (verb.possession)
     
  • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch (verb.cognition)
    expose
    abandon by leaving out in the open air (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    walk out
    leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    ditch
    forsake (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    maroon, strand
    leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue (verb.possession)
     

verb group (abandon is verb group of ....)

derivation (.... is derived from abandon)

  • a feeling of extreme emotional intensity (noun.feeling)
    wild
    in a state of extreme emotion (adj.all)
     
  • forsake, leave behind (verb.possession)
    abandonment
    the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away (noun.act)
     
  • leave behind empty; move out of (verb.motion)
    vacant
    without an occupant or incumbent (adj.all)
     
  • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch (verb.cognition)
    abandonment, defection, desertion
    withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    forsaking, giving up
    the act of forsaking (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    desolation, forlornness, loneliness
    sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned (noun.feeling)
     
  • (noun.person)
    defector, deserter
    a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    apostate, deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat
    a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. (noun.person)
     
  • stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims (verb.cognition)
    abandonment, desertion, forsaking
    the act of giving something up (noun.act)
     
  • the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry (noun.attribute)
    motiveless, unprovoked, wanton
    occurring without motivation or provocation (adj.all)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym verb group derivation abdicate desert unconstraint wantonness wildness give up adopt defend occupy seek advocate favor unrestraint passion leave go away cast aside cast away expose walk out ditch maroon foreswear quit ease up give give way move over break cave in motiveless unprovoked wild abandonment defection desertion
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. abdicate, desert, leave, resign, abjure, discontinue, quit, retire from, cast off, forego, recant, retract, cease, forsake, relinquish, surrender, cede, forswear, renounce, vacate, depart from, give up, repudiate, withdraw from . unconstraint, wantonness . wildness . give up . empty, vacate . desert, desolate, forsake . adopt, defend, occupy, seek, advocate, favor, prosecute, support, assert, haunt, protect, undertake, cherish, hold, pursue, uphold, claim, keep, retain, vindicate, court, maintain . passion, passionateness . cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out . go away, go forth, leave . leave . unrestraint . chuck, ditch . dispense with . forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive . consign . foreswear, quit, relinquish, renounce . expose . walk out . ditch . maroon, strand . ease up, give, give way, move over, yield . break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way . wild . abandonment . vacant . abandonment, defection, desertion . forsaking, giving up . desolation, forlornness, loneliness . defector, deserter . apostate, deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat . abandonment, desertion, forsaking . motiveless, unprovoked, wanton


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