lost

Meanings

Noun

• people who are destined to die soon

Verb

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
  • "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
• fail to win
  • "We lost the battle but we won the war"
• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
  • "She lost her husband in the war"
  • "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
• place (something) where one cannot find it again
• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
  • "I've lost my glasses again!"
• allow to go out of sight
  • "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
  • "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"
• fail to get or obtain
  • "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
• retreat
• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
  • "We lost part of what he said"
• be set at a disadvantage

Adjective

• no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
  • "a lost child"
  • "lost friends"
  • "his lost book"
  • "lost opportunities"
• spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
  • "lost souls"
  • "a lost generation"
  • "a lost ship"
  • "the lost platoon"
• not gained or won
  • "a lost battle"
  • "a lost prize"

Adjective Satellite

• having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
• incapable of being recovered or regained
  • "his lost honor"
• not caught with the senses or the mind
  • "words lost in the din"
• deeply absorbed in thought
  • "lost in thought"
• perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
  • "she felt lost on the first day of school"
• unable to function; without help

Synonyms

at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, deep in thought, disoriented, doomed, drop off, fall back, fall behind, helpless, lose, mazed, mislay, misplace, miss, missed, mixed-up, preoccupied, recede, suffer, turn a loss

Antonyms

break even, find, found, gain, keep, profit, saved, win, won

Anagrams of lost