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Synonyms for gone

  • adjective

Most common

used up played out spent exhausted lost dead away past

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Spent — used up

spent, played out, used up, exhausted, tired, finished, dog-tired, drained, depleted, expended, lifeless, washed-out, worn-out, fatigued, effete, fagged slang

2. Dead

dead, lost, departed, deceased, asleep, extinct, defunct, pushing up daisies

3. Ripped

ripped, drunk, intoxicated, inebriated

4. Done for

done for, kaput informal, done up informal dated

Other

past, away, absent, foregone, bygone, irrecoverable, pregnant, ago dated, bypast rare, gonesome informal rare US

Antonyms

live, future, animate

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Used up.

    I'm afraid all the coffee is gone.

  2. adj. 2

    Away, having left.

  3. adj. 3

    No longer existing, having passed.

    The days of my youth are gone.

  4. adj. 4

    Broken, failed.

    The bulb is gone. Can you put a new one in?

Related words

Phrases
gone bad gone goose gone wrong dead and gone far gone too far gone gone case

Example sentences

  • spent I spent the whole afternoon chatting with friends.
  • exhausted Although he was exhausted, he had to keep working.
  • lost It grew dark, and what was worse, we lost our way.
  • dead Happy is she who marries the son of a dead mother.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gonerising
spentsteady
exhaustedrising
lostrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
ago2
4 letters
away2, lost1, past1, dead1
5 letters
spent1, tired2, drunk1, kaput
6 letters
asleep2, ripped1, absent2, bygone2, effete2, fagged, bypast
7 letters
drained1, extinct2, defunct2
8 letters
finished2, pregnant2, deceased2, departed3, depleted3, lifeless2, expended3, fatigued2, foregone2, gonesome
9 letters
exhausted3
10 letters
inebriated5
11 letters
intoxicated5
13 letters
irrecoverable

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ago2 = 2 syllables).