Synonyms for lost
lɔst, lɒstlost

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1. doomed, lostadjective

   people who are destined to die soon

   "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"

   Synonyms:
   doomed

   Antonyms:
   recovered(p), recoverable, hopeful, blessed, thoughtless, ransomed, reclaimed, rescued, found, comprehendible, saved, won, salvageable, comprehensible, unperplexed, redeemed, oriented, orientated

2. lostadjective

   no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

   "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"

   Synonyms:
   missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

   Antonyms:
   blessed, saved, recoverable, found, thoughtless, comprehendible, oriented, ransomed, comprehensible, orientated, won, salvageable, redeemed, reclaimed, rescued, recovered(p), hopeful, unperplexed

3. confused, disoriented, lostadjective

   having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

   "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"

   Synonyms:
   befuddled, lost(p), mixed-up, disoriented, disordered, bemused, deep in thought(p), scattered, preoccupied, at sea, illogical, anomic, disconnected, unconnected, missed, baffled, alienated, upset, confounded, broken, disjointed, helpless, garbled, mazed, bewildered, confused

   Antonyms:
   ransomed, rescued, won, orientated, recoverable, comprehensible, oriented, thoughtless, unperplexed, salvageable, comprehendible, redeemed, blessed, recovered(p), hopeful, saved, found, reclaimed

4. lostadjective

   spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed

   "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"

   Synonyms:
   missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

   Antonyms:
   ransomed, comprehendible, recoverable, comprehensible, orientated, unperplexed, reclaimed, found, saved, thoughtless, blessed, hopeful, rescued, oriented, redeemed, salvageable, recovered(p), won

5. lostadjective

   not gained or won

   "a lost battle"; "a lost prize"

   Synonyms:
   missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

   Antonyms:
   recoverable, comprehensible, reclaimed, oriented, recovered(p), orientated, thoughtless, won, comprehendible, ransomed, rescued, found, hopeful, unperplexed, blessed, saved, redeemed, salvageable

6. lostadjective

   incapable of being recovered or regained

   "his lost honor"

   Synonyms:
   missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

   Antonyms:
   orientated, recovered(p), redeemed, ransomed, unperplexed, recoverable, comprehensible, saved, rescued, comprehendible, oriented, reclaimed, found, salvageable, won, blessed, hopeful, thoughtless

7. lost, missedadjective

   not caught with the senses or the mind

   "words lost in the din"

   Synonyms:
   missed, confounded, helpless, deep in thought(p), mixed-up, bewildered, baffled, mazed, disoriented, lost(p), bemused, befuddled, confused, at sea, preoccupied

   Antonyms:
   found, recovered(p), redeemed, unperplexed, thoughtless, rescued, ransomed, recoverable, comprehensible, blessed, salvageable, hopeful, oriented, orientated, comprehendible, saved, won, reclaimed

8. bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupiedadjective

   deeply absorbed in thought

   "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"

   Antonyms:
   thoughtless, hopeful, orientated, comprehendible, recovered(p), recoverable, won, unperplexed, reclaimed, oriented, blessed, redeemed, ransomed, comprehensible, salvageable, found, saved, rescued

9. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at seaadjective

   perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

   "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:
   scattered, befuddled, helpless, lost(p), mixed-up, disoriented, woolly, bemused, deep in thought(p), disjointed, disordered, preoccupied, at sea, illogical, woolly-headed, missed, confused, disconnected, unconnected, addled, muddled, baffled, upset, befogged, confounded, muzzy, wooly-minded, broken, wooly, garbled, mazed, bewildered

   Antonyms:
   ransomed, orientated, won, oriented, blessed, comprehendible, recovered(p), recoverable, salvageable, comprehensible, saved, reclaimed, found, rescued, unperplexed, thoughtless, redeemed, hopeful

10. helpless, lostadjective

    unable to function; without help

    Synonyms:
    befuddled, lost(p), mixed-up, disoriented, bemused, deep in thought(p), preoccupied, at sea, missed, confused, incapacitated, baffled, confounded, helpless, mazed, bewildered

    Antonyms:
    reclaimed, comprehendible, comprehensible, ransomed, hopeful, salvageable, found, won, blessed, orientated, redeemed, recovered(p), recoverable, saved, rescued, thoughtless, unperplexed, oriented

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1. lostadjective

   Synonyms:
   missing, not to be found

2. lostadjective

   Synonyms:
   forfeited, missed

3. lostadjective

   Synonyms:
   misspent, wasted, squandered, dissipated, thrown away

4. lostadjective

   Synonyms:
   bewildered, confused, perplexed, puzzled, distracted, benighted, posed, nonplussed, at a loss, at fault, in a maze, in the dark

5. lostadjective

   Synonyms:
   abstracted, preoccupied, absent, absent-minded, dreamy, napping

6. lostadjective

   Synonyms:
   depraved, corrupt, abandoned, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, shameless, obdurate, hardened, incorrigible, irreclaimable

7. lostadjective

   Synonyms:
   ruined, destroyed, perished, gone, vanished, disappeared, departed

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1. lostadjective

   Synonyms:
   forfeited, missing, derelict, adrift, misspent, misemployed, wasted, irreclaimable, incorrigible, abandoned, preoccupied, abstracted, absent-minded

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1. List of paraphrases for "lost":

   loss, iost, missed, wasted, lose, losing, missing, perdue, forfeited, confused, losses, foregone, gone, disappeared, doomed, fuddled, outof, dropped

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1. Bryan Hodgins:

   I did n’t notice any difference, i had family and people I work with, over the course of a year and a half that I was [ at the store ], tell me, ‘ You’ve lost weight. ’ And you know, I never believed them.

2. Euripides:

   A sweet thing, for whatever time, to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost.

3. Henry Kissinger:

   Nixon had three goals to win by the biggest electoral landslide in history to be remembered as a peacemaker and to be accepted by the 'Establishment' as an equal. He achieved all these objectives at the end of 1972 and the beginning of 1973. And he lost them all two months later-partly because he turned a dream into an obsession.

4. African American:

   Just like PTSD, racial trauma results in disability, temporary or long term, like lost days from work and lost productivity, increased medical expenses and more suffering in general, the more people have these problems, the larger the cost is going to be to society and those communities and their families.

5. Mark Heywood:

   It was a lost decade. We blew the years 2000 to 2008 with political obfuscation.