derelict

Meaning of derelict

noun
  1. Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
  2. An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.
  3. A homeless and/or jobless person; a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their personal affairs and hygiene. (This sense is a modern development of the preceding sense.)
adjective
  1. Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.
    There was a derelict ship on the island.
  2. Negligent in performing a duty.
  3. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.

Information about derelict

  • The plural form of derelict is: derelicts.
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Hyphenation of derelict

derelict

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • derelict is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

derelict synonyms

Meaning creaky:

creaky, decrepit, woebegone

Meaning abandoned:

abandoned

Meaning delinquent:

delinquent, neglectful, remiss

Meaning bedraggled:

bedraggled, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion

Translation of derelict

Anagrams of derelict

relicted

Words that rhyme with derelict

delict, nonderelict, relict, afflict, conflict, inflict, overafflict, preafflict, preconflict, preinflict, reafflict, reinflict, SimpliCT

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