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desert

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of desert

land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops

  • we were lost in the desert for days without food
Synonyms of desert

barren, desolation, heath, no-man's-land, waste, wasteland
Words Related to desert

badland

brush, bush

dust bowl

open, open air, outdoors, out-of-doors

nature, wild, wilderness

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desert

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of desert

usually deserts plural suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense

  • the robbers got their just deserts
Synonyms of desert

castigation, chastisement, comeuppance, correction, discipline, nemesis, penalty, punishment, wrath
Words Related to desert

reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance

assessment, charge, fine, mulct

example, sentence

confinement, imprisonment, incarceration

condemnation, damnation, denouncement

censure, criticism, rebuke, reprimand, reproof
Near Antonyms of desert

amnesty, indemnity, pardon, parole

acquittal, exculpation, exoneration, vindication

exemption, immunity, impunity

release

commutation, reprieve

absolution, forgiveness, remission, remitment

condonation, disregard, overlooking

desert

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of desert

1 to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another

  • the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival
Synonyms of desert

defect (from), rat (on)
Words Related to desert

abandon, abdicate, abjure, apostatize, cut off, disown, forsake, quit, reject, renounce, repudiate, spurn

renege

depart, go, leave, withdraw
Phrases Synonymous with desert

go back on, jump ship, run out on, walk out on
Near Antonyms of desert

adhere (to), cling (to), stick (to or with)

cherish, cultivate, foster

2 to cause to remain behind

  • deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping
Synonyms of desert

abandon, forsake, leave, maroon, quit, strand
Words Related to desert

discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw out

deliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yield

escape, retreat (from), take off (from), vacate, withdraw (from)

abjure, cut off, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate, separate (from)

sacrifice

distance

disregard, forget, ignore, neglect
Phrases Synonymous with desert

walk away from, walk out on
Near Antonyms of desert

harbor, have, hold, keep, own, possess, reserve, retain, withhold

redeem, rescue, save
Antonyms of desert

reclaim

Synonym Discussion of desert

abandon, desert, forsake mean to leave without intending to return. abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection.
    • abandoned children
desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence.
    • a deserted town
forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers.
    • a forsaken lover

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