Synonyms for left
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1. leftnoun

   location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

   "she stood on the left"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, right-wing, center, conservative, right-handed, reactionary, far-right, rightmost, rightish, spent, exhausted, ambidextrous, rightist, far, reactionist, centrist, two-handed, middle-of-the-road, right-hand(a), oldline, old-line, starboard

2. left, left wingnoun

   those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, rightist, reactionist, right-wing, spent, rightish, two-handed, centrist, old-line, rightmost, oldline, right-handed, far, conservative, middle-of-the-road, far-right, ambidextrous, right-hand(a), center, exhausted, reactionary, starboard

3. left, left handnoun

   the hand that is on the left side of the body

   "jab with your left"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, rightmost, oldline, conservative, spent, exhausted, centrist, right-wing, reactionist, two-handed, reactionary, center, middle-of-the-road, right-handed, old-line, rightish, rightist, far-right, ambidextrous, starboard, far, right-hand(a)

4. left field, leftfield, leftnoun

   the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left

   "the batter flied out to left"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, middle-of-the-road, oldline, rightmost, conservative, right-hand(a), rightist, centrist, old-line, exhausted, right-wing, spent, starboard, ambidextrous, two-handed, reactionary, far, reactionist, right-handed, center, far-right, rightish

5. leftadjective

   a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east

   "take a left at the corner"

   Synonyms:
   left field, left hand, left wing, leftfield

   Antonyms:
   right, right-hand(a), ambidextrous, rightist, right-handed, centrist, rightmost, far, reactionist, oldline, old-line, conservative, two-handed, exhausted, right-wing, far-right, rightish, starboard, spent, center, middle-of-the-road, reactionary

6. leftadjective

   being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north

   "my left hand"; "left center field"; "the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"

   Synonyms:
   unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftover

   Antonyms:
   right, ambidextrous, far-right, right-handed, centrist, conservative, two-handed, spent, rightmost, far, reactionary, oldline, exhausted, old-line, center, rightist, middle-of-the-road, rightish, right-hand(a), reactionist, right-wing, starboard

7. leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpendedadjective

   not used up

   "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"

   Antonyms:
   right, center, middle-of-the-road, ambidextrous, far, starboard, far-right, reactionary, rightmost, right-hand(a), rightish, two-handed, rightist, old-line, exhausted, reactionist, right-handed, spent, centrist, oldline, conservative, right-wing

8. left(a), left-hand(a)adjective

   intended for the left hand

   "I rarely lose a left-hand glove"

   Antonyms:
   right, right-wing, ambidextrous, conservative, rightish, reactionary, far, two-handed, center, middle-of-the-road, old-line, rightist, reactionist, far-right, spent, starboard, right-hand(a), centrist, oldline, rightmost, exhausted, right-handed

9. leftadverb

   of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

   Synonyms:
   unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftover

   Antonyms:
   right, center, old-line, exhausted, far-right, right-wing, starboard, centrist, reactionary, ambidextrous, spent, rightish, conservative, two-handed, rightmost, reactionist, middle-of-the-road, right-handed, rightist, far, right-hand(a), oldline

10. leftadverb

    toward or on the left; also used figuratively

    "he looked right and left"; "the political party has moved left"

    Antonyms:
    right, conservative, spent, rightish, exhausted, ambidextrous, far, old-line, starboard, right-handed, right-wing, far-right, rightmost, right-hand(a), reactionist, middle-of-the-road, rightist, centrist, reactionary, center, two-handed, oldline

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1. • Faction
   • Hand
   • Position
   • Tract

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1. vacant

   vacant means empty

   the streets were vacant

   Submitted by anonymous on April 16, 2020  

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1. leftnoun

   Associated words:
   sinister, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, haw, port, larboard

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1. List of paraphrases for "left":

   izquierdo, left-hand, left-wing, departed, leftist, leftwards, gauche, abandoned, let, zuo, leave, ieft, ceased, izquierda, forgot, quit, departure, linke, left-side, left-leaning, exited, lh, left-, leaving, went, gone, left-winger, leaves, khalaf

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1. Caitlin Sutherland:

   No wonder Arabella Advisorscalled securityon Americans for Public Trust when we requested these tax returns, they were delaying the release of documents that would show they funneled over $1 billion to liberal and left wing causes.

2. David Lammy:

   The scale of the challenge to win in 2020 is huge, we've got to win back Scotland, in the English shires, i'm not entirely won over that the 'left' message is sufficient to win government in this country.

3. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella:

   ( An) individual who left the bag of remains on the snack stand door was located and directed law enforcement officers to the location where the remains were found, additional bones and some personal items were discovered at the site.

4. Brian Kennedy:

   The videos were just horrific, they just showed that corrections have lost all control of Rikers. Basically, they left it to the inmates to run the jail. And Mr. Mungin is not gang-affiliated. And the people who were attacking him were all gang-affiliated.

5. Noël Coward:

   I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age -- which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday.