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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shipwrecked person |
| Synonyms: | derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, renegade, reprobate, shipwreck, waif |
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| Main Entry: | failure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not succeed |
| Synonyms: | also-ran, bankrupt, beat*, born loser, bum, castaway, deadbeat, defaulter, derelict, disappointment, dud, flop, good-for-nothing, has-been, incompetent, insolvent, loafer, loser, lumpy, might-have-been, moocher, no-good, nobody, nonperformer, prodigal, turkey, underachiever, washout |
| Antonyms: | achiever, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outcast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unwanted, not accepted |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, gypsy, hobo*, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, reprobate, tramp, untouchable, vagabond, vagrant, wretch |
| Antonyms: | favorite, friend, idol |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pariah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social outcast |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refugee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person running from something, often oppression |
| Synonyms: | DP, alien, boat person, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré |
| Main Entry: | waif |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lost or unclaimed person or thing |
| Synonyms: | castaway, dogie, drop*, fetch*, flotsam, foundling, homeless one, jetsam, orphan, ragamuffin, stray, urchin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discarded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rejected |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, castaway, castoff, damaged, deserted, discontinued, done with, forsaken, junked, neglected, obsolete, out-of-date, outmoded, repudiated, run-down, scrapped, shelved, thrown away, thrown out, useless, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | kept, up-to-date, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | foundling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | orphan |
| Synonyms: | castaway, waif |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | failure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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abortive, addle, aground, all up with, at fault, bankrupt, befooled, bootless, borne down, broken, broken down, capsized, cast away, crossed, dashed, dead beat, defeated, deficient, destroyed, disconcerted, dished, done for, done up, downtrodden, failing, flambe, foiled, foundered, fruitless, frustrated, grounded, hobbling, hoist on with one's own petard, in a sorry plight, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, insufficient, knocked on the head, lame, left in the lurch, lost, minus, nonsuited, oligophrenic, out of depth, out of one's reckoning, overborne, overwhelmed, perfunctory, played out, ruined, ruined root and branch, sacrificed, shipwrecked, short, short of, still, struck down, stultified, successless, swamped, thrown away, thrown off one's balance, thrown on one's back, thrown on one's beam ends, tripping, unattained, unavailing, uncompleted, undone, unfortunate, unhinged, unhorsed, unreached, unsuccessful, victimized, wide of the mark, wrecked
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