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Synonyms for left
lɛftleft
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word left.
Princeton's WordNet
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, leftfieldAntonyms:
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, starboardleft, 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, leftfieldAntonyms:
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, starboardleft, left handnoun
the hand that is on the left side of the body
"jab with your left"
Synonyms:
left field, left hand, left wing, leftfieldAntonyms:
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)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, leftfieldAntonyms:
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, rightishleftadjective
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, leftfieldAntonyms:
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, reactionaryleftadjective
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), leftoverAntonyms:
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, starboardleftover, 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-wingleft(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-handedleftadverb
of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
Synonyms:
unexpended, odd, left(p), left(a), left over(p), remaining, left-hand(a), leftoverAntonyms:
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), oldlineleftadverb
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
Editors Contribution
vacant
vacant means empty
the streets were vacant
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
leftnoun
Associated words:
sinister, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, haw, port, larboard
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#448 | left | |
#543 | let | |
#1129 | leave | |
#1179 | went | |
#2332 | gone | |
#2516 | forgot | |
#3214 | leaving | |
#3364 | leaves | |
#3546 | remaining | |
#5374 | departure | |
#5451 | odd | |
#6027 | quit | |
#8576 | abandoned | |
#13418 | lh | |
#16548 | ceased | |
#18589 | departed | |
#25052 | leftist | |
#28949 | leftover | |
#30097 | leftfield | |
#30556 | exited | |
#43028 | gauche | |
#69746 | unexpended | |
#90086 | linke | |
#117816 | izquierdo | |
#118808 | zuo | |
#126627 | khalaf | |
#149297 | izquierda | |
#199474 | leftwards |
How to use left in a sentence?
Im just not moving as well as Id like. And unfortunately, youve got to be able to move, and especially under these conditions, shape the golf ball. And I didnt do it, i didnt shape the golf ball at all. Everything was left-to-right. And wasnt hitting very solidly.
Many foreign flows have left Canada because of the devaluation of the currency.
We have a severe python problem, which began when irresponsible pet owners released them into the wild and they've basically eaten all the native mammals down in Everglades National Park, there's literally 2 to 3 % of rabbits and raccoons and possums left, so when I see a rabbit, I'm jumping with joy now. There just aren't any more of them because of the pythons.
Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and right and wrong, issuing from a multitude of self-opinionated thinkers.
I had 10 months of lead time to understand that business model, because I had that kind of special intel, information, I was able to bet on Lime really, really early on. Like when we made that bet, [ the founders ] hadn't even fully left their full-time jobs yet.
Translations for left
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- linksAfrikaans
- شمال, إلى الشمال, یسار, إلى اليسار, على اليسار, يسار, على الشمال, اليسارArabic
- solAzerbaijani
- һул, һулдағы, һул яҡ, һулғаBashkir
- злева, налева, ле́выBelarusian
- отляво, левица, ляв, останал, налявоBulgarian
- esquerra, esquerreCatalan, Valencian
- zbývající, na levé, vlevo, levice, levýCzech
- лѣвъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- chwithWelsh
- venstreDanish
- übrig, Linke, nach links, link, linksGerman
- αριστερά, αριστερόςGreek
- liva, maldekstra, restaĵoEsperanto
- izquierda, liberal, sobras, izquierdo, a la izquierda, de izquierda, sobradoSpanish
- vasak, pahemEstonian
- ezkerBasque
- چپگرا, چپ, در سمت چپ, اشکلكPersian
- jäljelle, [[vasen]] [[puoli]], vasen, vasemmistolainen, vasemmalla, jäljellä, vasemmalle, vasemmistoFinnish
- i mawī, mawiFijian
- gauche, à gaucheFrench
- cléIrish
- ceàrr, clìScottish Gaelic
- שְׂמֹאל, שמאלהHebrew
- बायें, बाक़ी, बायांHindi
- bal, hátralévő, balraHungarian
- մնացած, ձախ, ձախxArmenian
- sinistreInterlingua
- kiriIndonesian
- sinistraIdo
- vinstriIcelandic
- sinistra, sinistro, a sinistra, rimastoItalian
- 残る, 左, 左翼Japanese
- kering, kiwaJavanese
- მარცხენაGeorgian
- солKazakh
- ឆ្វេងKhmer
- 왼쪽, 왼Korean
- چهپ, ماوهKurdish
- солKyrgyz
- sinisterLatin
- lénksLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຊ້າຍLao
- kairiojiLithuanian
- kreisi, pa kreisi, kreisā, kreissLatvian
- mauiiMāori
- останат, налево, лев, на левата, левичарски, левица, лево, одлево, преостанатMacedonian
- зүүнMongolian
- kiriMalay
- xellug, fdalMaltese
- ဝဲ, ဘယ်Burmese
- linkerkant, linker-, links, overDutch
- til overs, igjen, venstresiden, venstreNorwegian
- nishtłʼajígoNavajo, Navaho
- namanjinik, namanjinikanOjibwe, Ojibwa
- pozostały, lewa, na lewo, lewy, w lewo, lewica, lewicowyPolish
- restar, deixado, [[à]] [[esquerda]], esquerdo, esquerda, de esquerda, liberal, esquerdista, sobrar, sestroPortuguese
- lluq'iQuechua
- seniesterRomansh
- stâng, la stânga, stângă, rămasRomanian
- левый, налево, оставшийся, влево, ле́вый, остальной, слева, либера́льныйRussian
- levi, lijevi, ljevica, леви, preostali, на̏ле̄во, nȁlēvo, лијевиSerbo-Croatian
- na ľavé, ľаvý, vľavoSlovak
- levo, na levi, levi, levicaSlovene
- tau-aŋavaleSamoan
- majtëAlbanian
- kencaSundanese
- vänster, kvar, vänsternSwedish
- kushotoSwahili
- మిగిలిన, ఎడమTelugu
- чапTajik
- ซ้ายThai
- çepTurkmen
- kaliwaTagalog
- hemaTonga (Tonga Islands)
- solTurkish
- ʻauiTahitian
- злі́ва, ліво́руч, лі́вий, налі́воUkrainian
- باياںUrdu
- soʻlUzbek
- trái, ở bên tráiVietnamese
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