Synonyms for orphaned
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Parentless — made an orphan by the death of one's parents
Definitions
- adj. 1
Made an orphan by the death of one's parents.
- adj. 2
Abandoned.
I found an orphaned project, half-completed before its author quit, and decided to finish it.
Related words
- Phrases
- orphaned house
Example sentences
- dropped Tom's blood pressure dropped to a dangerous level.
- forsaken I've never seen a more god-forsaken stretch of desert.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| orphaned | rising | |
| parentless | rising | |
| unparented | steady | |
| dropped | rising | |
| forsaken | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- dropped1
- 8 letters
- forsaken3
- 10 letters
- parentless, unparented
- 11 letters
- disparented
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (forsaken3 = 3 syllables).