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uninhabited
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uninhabited
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not inhabited |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, deserted, desolate, empty, forsaken, unoccupied, vacant |
| Antonyms: | inhabited |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barren, uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | arid, bare, desolate, infertile, lonely, solitary, sterile, uninhabited, unproductive, untilled, waste, wild |
| Notes: | that impoverished stretch of sand called a desert can only afford one 's'; that rich gooey extra thing at the end of the meal called a dessert indulges in two of them |
| Antonyms: | cultivated, fertile, productive |
| Main Entry: | deserted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned, unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, left, left in the lurch, left stranded, lonely, lorn, neglected, relinquished, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant |
| Antonyms: | busy, crowded, populated, populous |
| Main Entry: | desolate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unused, barren |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bare, bleak, derelict, desert, destroyed, dreary, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, lorn, ruined, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, waste, wild |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
| Antonyms: | cultivated, populated, used |
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | containing nothing |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bare, barren, blank, clear, dead, deflated, depleted, desert, deserted, desolate, despoiled, destitute, devoid, dry, evacuated, exhausted, forsaken, godforsaken, hollow, lacking, stark, unfilled, unfurnished, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, vacated, vacuous, void, wanting, waste |
| Antonyms: | complete, entire, filled, full, replete, sated, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not busy; unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | at leisure, available, clear, empty, extra, idle, loose, not tied down, spare, unemployed, unengaged, unhampered, unimpeded, uninhabited, unobstructed, unused, vacant |
| Antonyms: | busy, occupied, scheduled, tied-up |
| Main Entry: | lifeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not living, not containing living things |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bare, barren, brute, cold, comatose, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, desert, empty, exanimate, extinct, faint, inanimate, inert, inorganic, insensate, insensible, late, out cold, sterile, unconscious, uninhabited, waste |
| Antonyms: | alive, animate, living |
| Main Entry: | lonely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-the-way |
| Synonyms: | alone, deserted, desolate, godforsaken, isolated, obscure, off the beaten track, private, quiet, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
| Antonyms: | close, frequented, inhabited |
| Main Entry: | secluded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | isolated, sheltered |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, aloof, beleaguered, blockaded, cloistered, close, closet, confidential, covert, cut off, deserted, hermetic, hidden, incommunicado, insular, isolate, lonely, lonesome, off the beaten track, out-of-the-way, personal, private, quarantined, quiet, reclusive, remote, removed, reserved, retired, screened, secluse, seclusive, secret, segregated, sequestered, shut off, shy, singular, solitary, tucked away, unapproachable, unfrequented, uninhabited, unsociable, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | joining, mingling, open, public, sociable, socializing |
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