Synonyms for lost
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Confused
confused, doomed, cursed, preoccupied, bewildered, damned, disoriented, disorientated UK, absent, distracted, mixed-up, unredeemed, absent-minded, confounded, befuddled, baffled, perplexed, condemned, stumped, abstracted, puzzled, accursed, bemused
2. Destroyed
destroyed, abandoned, ruined, wasted, gone, irrecoverable, vanished, desperate, departed, hopeless, forlorn, helpless, reprobate, dissipated, misspent, corrupt, dissolute, graceless, incorrigible, irreclaimable rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
The children were soon lost in the forest.
- adj. 2
In an unknown location; unable to be found.
Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
Related words
Example sentences
- confused Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism.
- doomed Africa's wild animals are doomed to extinction.
- cursed A demon is controlling Tom through a cursed sword.
- preoccupied I know that Tom is a little preoccupied right now.
- destroyed There are many houses destroyed by the earthquake.
- abandoned Sami's car was left abandoned miles from his home.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lost | rising | |
| confused | rising | |
| doomed | rising | |
| cursed | rising | |
| preoccupied | rising | |
| destroyed | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- gone1
- 5 letters
- stray1
- 6 letters
- ruined2, wasted2, absent2, damned1, doomed1, cursed1, adrift2
- 7 letters
- missing2, corrupt2, baffled2, puzzled2, forfeit2, stumped1, forlorn2, bemused2, mislaid2
- 8 letters
- confused2, departed3, vanished2, hopeless2, helpless2, insecure3, accursed2, misspent2
- 9 letters
- destroyed2, abandoned3, desperate2, condemned2, misplaced2, perplexed2, befuddled3, dissolute, reprobate3, graceless2
- 10 letters
- distracted3, bewildered3, dissipated4, confounded3, abstracted3, unredeemed3
- 11 letters
- preoccupied4, disoriented5
- 12 letters
- incorrigible5
- 13 letters
- disorientated, irrecoverable, irreclaimable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruined2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- perdu