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| Main Entry: |
waif
 [weyf] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lost or unclaimed person or thing |
| Synonyms: | castaway, dogie, drop*, fetch*, flotsam, foundling, homeless one, jetsam, ragamuffin, stray, urchin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | orphan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historical/literary child without parents |
| Synonyms: | foundling, stray |
| 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
Example Sentences
- Janie has the heart of a waif and sometimes the demeanor of a clown.
- It was a few years before she got another part as good as that of the waif.
- When it comes to laptops, the waif look never goes out of style.
| Main Entry: | ragamuffin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor, tattered |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bum*, gamin, guttersnipe, hobo, loafer, scarecrow, street person, tatterdemalion, tramp, urchin, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wastrel |
| Antonyms: | sophisticate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | urchin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischievious youngster |
| Synonyms: | brat*, cub, dickens, gamin, imp, juvenile delinquent, punk*, pup, ragamuffin, waif |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foundling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | orphan |
| Synonyms: | castaway, waif |
| Main Entry: | castaway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shipwrecked person |
| Synonyms: | derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, renegade, reprobate, shipwreck, waif |
| Main Entry: | straying |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation |
| Synonyms: | aberrance, aberrancy, aberrant, aberration, divagation, divergence, maverick, straggler, waif |
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