English adjective: lost | |||
1. | lost no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered | ||
Samples | A lost child. Lost friends. His lost book. Lost opportunities. | ||
Similar | gone, mislaid, misplaced, missing, squandered, stray, straying, wasted | ||
See also | lost | ||
Antonyms | found | ||
2. | lost having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | ||
Samples | I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway. The anesthetic left her completely disoriented. | ||
Synonyms | confused, disoriented | ||
Similar | unoriented | ||
Antonyms | orientated, oriented | ||
3. | lost spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed | ||
Samples | Lost souls. A lost generation. A lost ship. The lost platoon. | ||
Similar | cursed, damned, destroyed, doomed, ruined, unredeemed, unsaved | ||
See also | cursed, curst, lost, unregenerate, unregenerated | ||
Antonyms | saved | ||
4. | lost not gained or won | ||
Samples | A lost battle. A lost prize. | ||
Similar | confiscate, forfeit, forfeited | ||
Antonyms | won | ||
5. | lost incapable of being recovered or regained | ||
Samples | His lost honor. | ||
Similar | irrecoverable, unrecoverable | ||
Antonyms | recoverable | ||
6. | lost not caught with the senses or the mind | ||
Samples | Words lost in the din. | ||
Synonyms | missed | ||
Similar | incomprehensible, uncomprehensible | ||
Antonyms | comprehendible, comprehensible | ||
7. | lost deeply absorbed in thought | ||
Samples | As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class. Lost in thought. A preoccupied frown. | ||
Synonyms | bemused, deep in thought, preoccupied | ||
Similar | thoughtful | ||
Antonyms | thoughtless | ||
8. | lost perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | ||
Samples | Obviously bemused by his questions. Bewildered and confused. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Just a mixed-up kid. She felt lost on the first day of school. | ||
Synonyms | at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, mazed, mixed-up | ||
Similar | perplexed | ||
Antonyms | unperplexed | ||
9. | lost unable to function; without help | ||
Synonyms | helpless | ||
Similar | hopeless | ||
Antonyms | hopeful | ||
English noun: lost | |||
1. | lost (group) people who are destined to die soon | ||
Samples | The agony of the doomed was in his voice. | ||
Synonyms | doomed | ||
Broader (hypernym) | people | ||