| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deserted, forsaken |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, castoff, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, discarded, faded, lorn, neglected, ownerless, relinquished, ruined, run-down, seedy, shabby, solitary, threadbare, uncouth |
| Antonyms: | improved, populated |
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit of something |
| Synonyms: | atom, bite, bits and pieces, butt, castoff, chip, chunk, crumb, cutting, discard, end, fragment, glob, gob, grain, hunk, iota, jot, junk, leaving, leftover, lump, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, odds and ends, orts, part, particle, piece, portion, remains, shred, slice, sliver, smithereen, snatch, snippet, speck, stump, trace, waste |
| Antonyms: | load, lot |
| 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| abandoned, castaway, castoff, damaged, deserted, discontinued, done with, forsaken, junked, neglected, obsolete, out-of-date, outmoded, repudiated, run-down, scrapped, shelved, thrown away, thrown out, useless, worn-out |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: | flotsam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | floating debris |
| Synonyms: | cargo, castoffs, jetsam, junk, odds and ends, sea-drift, wreckage |
| Notes: | flotsam are goods floating on the sea (French floter) and jetsam are things thrown into the sea (short for jettison, from French jeter) |
| Main Entry: | old |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete, outdated |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, age-old, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, cast-off, crumbling, dated, decayed, demode, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, immemorial, late, moth-eaten, of old, of yore, old-fashioned, old-time, olden, oldfangled, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, time-worn, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out |
| Antonyms: | contemporary, current, fresh, late, modern, new, recent, up-to-date |
| Main Entry: | olden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, cast-off, crumbling, dated, decayed, demode, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, hoary, immemorial, late, moth-eaten, of old, of yore, old as Methuselah, old as the hills, old-fashioned, old-time, oldfangled, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, time-worn, timeworn, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out |