derelict

²derelict

noun

Definition of DERELICT

1

a : something voluntarily abandoned; especially : a ship abandoned on the high seas b : a tract of land left dry by receding water

2

: a destitute homeless social misfit : vagrant, bum

Examples of DERELICT

1. It was a run-down neighborhood filled with drugs addicts and derelicts.
2. <a section of the city that seemed to be frequented mostly by derelicts>

First Known Use of DERELICT

1670

Related to DERELICT

Synonyms: bum, ne'er–do–well, do-nothing, good-for-nothing, no-account, no-good, no-goodnik, slacker, vagrant

Related Words: hobo, sundowner [Australian], tramp, vagabond; drifter, roamer, transient; beggar, panhandler; dodger, goldbrick, shirker; gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif; drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard; down-and-out (or down-and-outer), indigent, pauper

Near Antonyms: success, winner

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